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Mothers' income recovery after childbearing

Angelov, Nikolay; Karimi, Arizo - 2012

This paper examines the time profile of the effect of fertility on female labour earnings with respect to time since … novel way on a panel data set to uncover the time profile of the fertility effect. Our OLS estimates suggest that the … disaggregating the sample by years since third birth to estimate the time profile. …

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The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968 - 2000: A family affair?

Bygren, Magnus; Gähler, Michael - 2007

We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …

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On the role of capital gains in Swedish income inequality

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2011

Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …

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LINDA - Longitudinal INdividual DAta for Sweden

Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2000

This paper presents LINDA - a register-based longitudinal data set for Sweden. LINDA consists of a large panel of …. This sample has the same design and covers the same time period as the population sample. We provide a description of the …

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Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Swedish Household Data

Andersson, Björn - 2001

This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...

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Consumption smoothing during unemployment

Kolsrud, Jonas - 2011

A vast literature has investigated how unemployment insurance (UI) affects labor supply. However, the distorting effect of UI on labor supply is to a large extent determined by how well UI benefits smooth private consumption, which in turn depends on the resources available to the unemployed. To...

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Durable Purchases over the Later Life Cycle

Browning, Martin; Crossley, Thomas; Lührmann, Melanie - 2012

We investigate the life cycle patterns of householdsspending on medium value durables. We use panel data on expenditures on appliances and consumer electronics the British Household Panel Study between 1997 and 2008. In cross section, expenditures for appliances and consumer electronics...

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