The welfare state in transition : reforming the Swedish model /

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Once heralded in the 1950s and 1960s as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition and in trouble since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume presents ten essays that examine Sweden's economic problems from a U.S. perspective. Exploring such diverse topics as income equali...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-, Topel, Robert H., Swedenborg, Birgitta, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Subjects:
Since 1945
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history.
Sweden > Economic conditions > 1945- > Congresses.
Suède > Conditions économiques > 1945- > Congrès.
Sweden.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Generating Equality and Eliminating Poverty, the Swedish Way; 2. Public Employment, Taxes, and the Welfare State in Sweden; 3. Tax Policy in Sweden; 4. Wage Policy and Restructuring: The Swedish Labor Market since 1960; 5. The Effects of Sweden's Welfare State on Labor Supply Incentives; 6. An Evaluation of the Swedish Active Labor Market Policy: New and Received Wisdom; 7. Taxes and Subsidies in Swedish Unemployment.

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