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Rural Population Growth in Sweden in the 1990s: Unexpected Reality or Spatial-Statistical Chimera
This article addresses the matter of “urban spillover” in rural population development, i.e. how urban localities tend to push a ring of diffuse urban growth outwards as they expand in area. The data
The College-to-Work Transition during the 1990s. Evidence from Sweden
This paper analyzes the time it takes for Swedish college graduates to start a full-time job that lasts for six month or more, the study period being 1991–1999. The results show that the risk of unemp
Demographic Patterns from the 1960s in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal
This literature review describes the demographic development in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal from the 1960s. The general pattern is delayed transition to adulthood and first birth, decline of fer
Modern Vikings in the East. Sweden’s Role in 1990’s Russian Economic Reforms: Institutions, Elite Networks, and Informal Practices
What role did Swedish institutions, experts, and elites play in the economic and political development in post-Soviet Russia, with corruption, tax evasion and the emergence of the oligarchy as a result?
Social Democracy Lost – The Social Democratic Party in Sweden and the Politics of Pension Reform
The Swedish pension reform of the 1990s is here studied from a power-political perspective focusing on the Social Democratic Party. Despite a strong heritage in the “income security principle”, guidel
Janine Wedel: Russia, Ukraine, and our world of competing visions. Can civil society counter oligarchic capitalism?
Plats: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4 trappor i Stockholm Register here Research seminar with Janine R. Wedel, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government,George Mas
Janine Wedel: Can civil society counter oligarchic capitalism?
Full title: Russia, Ukraine, and our world of competing visions. Can civil society counter oligarchic capitalism? Research seminar with Janine R. Wedel, University Professor, Schar School of Policy an
How does Birth Order and Number of Siblings Effect Fertility? A Within-Family Comparison Using Swedish Register Data
European Journal of Population Abstract This study examines how the sibling constellation in childhood is associated with later fertility behaviour of men and women in Sweden. Administrative register da
Three Routes to a Pension Reform. Politics and Institutions in Reforming Pensions in Denmark, Finland and Sweden
By analysing pension reforms in three Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland and Sweden that apply different institutional solutions in their old-age security programmes – the paper argues that the polit
Virginie Pérotin: Are more democratic firms more productive?
Virginie Pérotin, Professor of Economics at Leeds University Business School ABSTRACTFirms run by their employees are often thought to be more productive than other firms because of the effects of work
