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11 June, 2005

Simulating the Future Pension Wealth and Retirement Saving in Sweden

In this paper, wealth consequences of the Swedish pension system in the transition from a defined benefit to notional defined contribution system are simulated with almost exact institutional detail,

Type of publication: Working papers | Anna Röstberg, Björn Andersson and Thomas Lindh
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09 February, 2018
A welfare state for all generations

A welfare state for all generations

In a society there are always several generations co-existing and they all need different things from the welfare state. This result is a conflict between generations on who should be favored by publi by , Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson and Joakim Palme.

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30 May, 2018

Diversity preferences among employees and ethnoracial workplace segregation

Social Science Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.03.009 Abstract Ethno-racial workplace segregation increases already existing ethno-racial inequality. While previous research has identified d

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , , Fredrik Jansson
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15 December, 2014

Human Enhancement and Technological Uncertainty. Essays on the Promise and Peril of Emerging Technology

Doctoral thesis. KTH Royal Institute of Technology.ISBN 978-91 7595-341-0 Abstract Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct connection between the brain and a machi

Type of publication: Books | Jebari, Karim
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10 November, 2021

Where Does Europe End? Christian Democracy and the Expansion of Europe

Journal of Common Market Studies Abstract In this article, we argue that an analysis of the conflict around the nature and limits of European integration that arose between Catholic and Protestant Chris

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef , & Fabio Wolkenstein
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18 December, 2023

Is conservative opposition to climate change threat-based? Articulating an integrated threat model of climate change attitudes

British Journal of Social Psychology Abstract Throughout the literature, there are assertions that those endorsing conservative ideologies reject the science and solutions of climate change due to perce

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jylhä, Kirsti , Stanley, S.K., Leviston, Z. & I. Walker
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16 November, 2016

The ethics of age limits

This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care. Time: Wednesday, November 23, 14:00 - 18:00Plac The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Holländardgatan 13, Stockholm According to Jeff McMahan, we ought to save an individual, A, from dying as a young adult (e.g., at age 30) rather than save some other individual, B, from dying as a newborn, even if the latter intervention would give B twice as many years of full-quality life as the former intervention would give A.  Call this claim .  I argue that if we accept , then we must reject at least one of three other claims:

This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care.
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