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Pension Systems and Pension Reform in an Aging Society
After having illustrated both theoretical and empirical sides of the debate on the ability of a pension system to fulfill its aim with an aging population, the paper makes two main claims: the debate
Swedish Parental Leave and Gender Equality. Achievements and Reform Challenges in a European Perspective
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
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
Biased grades? Changes in grading after a blinding of examinations reform
in: Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 45, 292-303. AbstractGroup differences in average grades prior to and after a step-wise introduction of blinded examinations at Stockholm Un
Drifting Out of Crime: Criminal Careers, Maturational Reform, and Desistance From Crime
In: Delinquency and Drift Revisited: The Criminology of David Matza and Beyond. Advances in Criminological Theory Vol. 21, eds. Thomas G. Blomberg, Frank T. Cullen, Cheryl Johnson & Christoffer Ca
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
The study pace among college students before and after a student aid reform: some Swedish results
Abstract In 2001, the Swedish system of student aid for college students was substantially reformed; the grant-share of the total aid was increased, students were allowed to earn more without a reducti
The Timing of Retirement and Social Security Reforms: Measuring Individual Welfare Changes
The paper argues that it is not sufficient to restrict calculations of effects of social reforms on individual welfare to income streams, but necessary to model individual behavior and thereafter calc
The Matthew effect in political science: head start and key reforms important for democratization
Are some countries better equipped from the onset of a democratization process to become democracies? We compared successful and failed episodes of liberalization over the period 1900 to 2018 to exami
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?
