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The main characteristics of 'the Swedish model' are arguably related to the country's knowledge-intensive industry and its advanced welfare state. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the historical development of these two features of the Swedish economy. The first part looks at industrial...
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– An Overview of Recent Findings
From the book:
Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective
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– An Overview of Recent Findings
The objective of this paper is to study the dynamics of the wealth distribution over the path of economic development. More specifically, we are interested in distinguishing between changes which seem to be country specific and characteristics shared by all countries. A historical account of the...
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– Poverty and Income Distribution Among Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden Since 1984
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Poverty, International Migration and Asylum
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– Poverty among Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden since 1984
The paper focuses on the problems of low income among immigrants, analysed by using comparable panel datasets for two Scandinavian welfare states. After a brief survey of a few earlier studies on immigrant poverty, we present Denmark and Sweden as interesting cases for comparative research. Cyclical...
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– the Swedish Approach to Welfare Research
Already in the 1950s it became clear that, in spite of its widespread use, the per capita gross national product is an insufficient measure of the well-being of citizens. Thus, in 1954, an expert group within the United Nations suggested that one should not rely on monetary measures only - the...
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