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  • Anders Forslund and Alan B. Krueger, The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model (University of Chicago Press, 1997), chap. 6, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/welfare-state-transition-reforming-swedish-model/evaluation-swedish-active-labor-market-policy-new-and-received-wisdom.

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About 3% of GNP is spent on government labor market programs in Sweden, compared to 2% in Germany and less than 0.5%...

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