The paper will address the changing status of rural regions in policy formation in Sweden, which includes two processes: self-propelling de-population and a shift towards supporting dynamic growth reg

This paper studies how the new, integrated employment and social services look like with respect to government structures, e.g. shifts of responsibility upwards or downwards for both groups and how en

This paper estimates the effect of changes in population age structure on fertility through using the Easterlin/Macunovich mechanism. One finding is that as of yet, we do not have a sufficient theory

Analyzing political trust among immigrants in Sweden Arbetsrapport 2011 nr. 10 Abstract A healthy democracy demands critical citizens. But to what extent is trust in political and judicial institutions a

The report describes experiences drawn from a study tour in Japan, June 2003. An important conclusion is that not only does the future of housing lay in technology, but technology is an integral part

Arbetsrapport 2011 nr. 13 Hur kan vi organisera och finansiera äldreomsorgen i framtiden med en åldrande befolkning? Den tyska äldreomsorgsförsäkring som infördes 1995/96 utgör ett intressant alternati

From a comparative point of view the Nordic countries have succeeded well in terms of poverty alleviation; however, last-resort safety-nets are changing. This study analyses central dimensions of Nord

An important mechanism in low fertility countries is social interactions and its effects on ideal family size; as this is hard to capture in formal models, this paper uses an agent based simulation mo

This study sets out to discuss the Swedish parental leave system and identify achievements, policy dilemmas and reform alternatives in a European perspective. In perspective of changing demographic st