This paper concerns the regional growth pattern in Sweden, and the purpose is to analyse what factors determine the growth rate of average income and the net migration at the regional level. We find a negative relationship between the initial level of regional average income and subsequent...

Hanes N. and Wikstrom M. Does the local government structure affect population and income growth? An empirical analysis of the 1952 municipal reform in Sweden, Regional Studies. The main purpose of the paper is to analyse if the Swedish municipal reform in 1952 affected subsequent income growth...

Lundberg J. (2006) Spatial interaction model of spillovers from locally provided public services, Regional Studies 40, 631-644. This paper tests the hypotheses that recreational and cultural services provided at the local government level in Sweden are associated with spillovers between...

Lundberg J. (2006) Using spatial econometrics to analyse local growth in Sweden, Regional Studies 40, 303-316. The paper investigates factors that determine the average income growth and net migration rates in Swedish municipalities during 1981-99. The main issue is to test the hypothesis that...

ARONSSON T. and Brannas K. (1996) Household work travel time, Reg. Studies 30, 541-548. This study derives and estimates models for the work travel time of each spouse in the household conditional on both spouses' hours of work. The model is estimated using Swedish household data. The own labour...