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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-

Swedenborg, Birgitta, 1941-

Topel, Robert H.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sweden--Economic policy.

Sweden.

Economic policy.

Sweden--Economic conditions--1945-.

Economic conditions.

Manpower policy--Sweden.

Manpower policy.

Labor market--Sweden.

Labor market.

Welfare state--Sweden.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780226261928

0226261921

OCLC:

419262895

Publisher Number:

99938362443