The Swedish gender wage gap decreased substantially from the 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s. At the same time women had been narrowing men in employment experience and education. While women continued to catch up on men the average wage gap remained almost the same as in the 1980s. The...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss possible explanations for the <p> variation in the Swedish fertility rate. We are primarily interested in <p> economic and social conditions and their impact on the total fertility rate <p> between 1965 and 2003. The results from the study support a positive <p>...</p></p></p></p>

I denna rapport diskuteras vilka faktorer som varit betydelsefulla för ett beslut om att sätta barn till världen under 80- och 90-talet. Födelsetalets kraftiga minskning under 1990-talet diskuteras utifrån 90-tales ekonomiska recession och arbetsmarknadsförändringar samt unga kvinnors och...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss possible explanations to the variations in Swedish fertility rate. We are primarily interested in economic and social conditions. The results differ but it seems as changes in number of female students and number of divorces (in relation to marriages) may...