Reforming the Welfare State: Recovery and Beyond in Sweden
Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg and Robert Topel, editors
Conference held September 30-October 1, 2005
Published in February 2010 by University of Chicago Press
© 2010 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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336 pages
ISBN: 0-226-26192-1
Table of Contents
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Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgments:
Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, Robert H. Topel
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Introduction:
Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, Robert H. Topel
(p. 1 - 23)
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Searching for Optimal Inequality/Incentives:
Anders Björklund, Richard B. Freeman
(p. 25 - 56)
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Policies Affecting Work Patterns and Labor Income for Women:
Ann-Sofie Kolm, Edward P. Lazear
(p. 57 - 81)
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Wage Determination and Employment in Sweden Since the Early 1990s: Wage Formation in a New Setting:
Peter Fredriksson, Robert H. Topel
(p. 83 - 126)
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Labor Supply, Tax Base and Public Policy in Sweden:
Thomas Aronsson, James R. Walker
(p. 127 - 158)
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Did Active Labor Market Policies Help Sweden Rebound from the Depression of the Early 1990s?:
Anders Forslund, Alan Krueger
(p. 159 - 187)
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How Sweden’s Unemployment Became More Like Europe’s:
Lars Ljungqvist, Thomas J. Sargent
(p. 189 - 223)
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Economic Performance and Market Work Activity in Sweden After the Crisis of the Early 1990s:
Steven J. Davis, Magnus Henrekson
(p. 225 - 252)
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Competition, Regulation and the Role of Local Government Policies in Swedish Markets:
Stefan Fölster, Sam Peltzman
(p. 253 - 284)
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What Have Changes to the Global Markets for Goods and Services Done to the Viability of the Swedish Welfare State?:
Edward E. Leamer
(p. 285 - 325)
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List of contributors, Indexes:
Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, Robert H. Topel
(p. 327 - 336)
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