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Government quality, egalitarianism, and attitudes to taxes and social spending: a European comparison
European Political Science Review, Vol 5 (2013), pp 363-80. First published online July 16, 2012, doi:10.1017/S175577391200015X. The paper analyses how perceptions of government quality – in terms of i
The rise and fall of ordoliberalism
Socio-Economic Review Abstract Ordoliberalism has been accused of being the ideational blueprint for Germany’s fiscal stance during the Eurozone-crisis. While the literature that debates the influence o
Prioritarianism, timeslices, and prudential value
Australasian Journal of Philosophy ABSTRACT This paper shows that versions of prioritarianism that focus at least partially on well-being levels at certain times conflict with conventional views of prud
Spectrum arguments, parity and persistency
in: Theoria (2020) Volume 86:4 AbstractThis article shows that introducing the positive comparative relation parity only helps one block so‐called “Spectrum Arguments” in order to avoid their unsavoury
Remittances from Sweden – an Exploration of Swedish Survey Data
The present study explores data on transfers of gifts/economic support to relatives, and analyses these in relation to different kinds of income, education, age, time since migration, acquisition of c
The Nordic Welfare Model in a European Perspective
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
Low Fertility and Long Run Growth in an Economy with a Large Public Sector
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
Interpreting Europe and US Labor Market Differences: the Specificity of Human Capital Investments
This paper suggests that in the US context, workers tend to invest in general human capital since they face little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model favors
The Importance of Education for the Reallocation of Labor. Evidence from Swedish Linked Employer-Employee data 1986-2002
The paper examines how job- and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educational levels using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy from 1986 to
Wage Differences Between Women and Men in Sweden – the Impact of Skill Mismatch
This paper investigates skill mismatch and its impact on gender differences in wage gap and in returns to education in Sweden 1993 to 2002. It shows that over- and undereducation contribute far more t