Reforming the welfare state
Subtitle: recovery and beyond in Sweden
By: edited by Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, and Robert Topel.
Contributors: Freeman, Richard B. 1943-; Swedenborg, Birgitta, 1941-; Topel, Robert H.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226261928
Subjects: Manpower policy -- Sweden; Labor market -- Sweden; Welfare state -- Sweden; Sweden -- Economic policy; Sweden -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Searching for optimal inequality/incentives / Anders Björklund and Richard B. Freeman; title: Policies affecting work patterns and labor income for women / Ann-Sofie Kolm and Edward P. Lazear; title: Wage determination and employment in Sweden since the early 1990s: wage formation in a new setting / Peter Fredriksson and Robert Topel; title: Labor supply, tax base, and public policy in Sweden / Thomas Aronsson and James R. Walker; title: Did active labor market policies help Sweden rebound from the depression of the early 1990s? / Anders Forslund and Alan Krueger; title: How Sweden's unemployment became more like Europe's / Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent; title: Economic performance and market work activity in Sweden after the crisis of the early 1990s / Steven J. Davis and Magnus Henrekson; title: Competition, regulation, and the role of local government policies in Swedish markets / Stefan Fölster and Sam Peltzman; title: What have changes to the global markets for goods and services done to the viability of the Swedish welfare state? / Edward E. Leamer.