Reforming the welfare state : recovery and beyond in Sweden / edited by Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, and Robert Topel.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
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xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Series
    National Bureau of Economic Research conference report [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    Contents
    • Searching for optimal inequality/incentives / Anders Björklund and Richard B. Freeman
    • Policies affecting work patterns and labor income for women / Ann-Sofie Kolm and Edward P. Lazear
    • Wage determination and employment in Sweden since the early 1990s: wage formation in a new setting / Peter Fredriksson and Robert Topel
    • Labor supply, tax base, and public policy in Sweden / Thomas Aronsson and James R. Walker
    • Did active labor market policies help Sweden rebound from the depression of the early 1990s? / Anders Forslund and Alan Krueger
    • How Sweden's unemployment became more like Europe's / Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent
    • Economic performance and market work activity in Sweden after the crisis of the early 1990s / Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson
    • Competition, regulation, and the role of local government policies in Swedish markets / Stefan Fölster and Sam Peltzman
    • What have changes to the global markets for goods and services done to the viability of the Swedish welfare state? / Edward E. Leamer.
    ISBN
    • 9780226261928 ((alk. paper))
    • 0226261921 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780226261911 ((ebk.))
    • 0226261913
    LCCN
    2009024336
    OCLC
    419262895
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