This paper decomposes the rise in cross-sectional earnings inequality in Sweden between 1990 and 2002 into changes in …

private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …

This paper is concerned with the implicit values of urban accessibility and air quality in Sweden. Based on the hedonic … wage and rent theory, we construct an econometric model to compute such values, and illustrate their implications for …

We find that inflation did not unanimously decrease savings in the US during the postwar period. This result is …

international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model of job search, savings and migration to show that job …

percentage losses in retirement savings as a result of more frequent spells of unemployment. Higher income worker losses are more …

search model with (i) precautionary savings, (ii) work opportunities in paid- and self-employment, (iii) skill heterogeneity …

-migrant. Although migrants lose their original social networks whilst overseas, savings and human capital accumulation acquired abroad …

-cycle framework how individuals respond to recessions. Our focus is on the sharp increase in savings rates that have been observed in … times. We show that the rise in the aggregate savings ratio is driven by increases in uncertainty, rather than tighening of …