The Swedish experiences of the 1990s provide a unique example of how largescale active
labour market programmes (ALMPs) have been used as a means to fight high …

W HY SHOULD FOREIGN observers be interested in economic and social conditions in
Sweden? The best answer is probably that institutions and policies in Sweden have been …

A hallmark of modern labor economics is the close interplay between the development of
theory, data sources and econometric testing. The evolution of the economic analysis of …

The Swedish experiences of the 1990s provide a unique example of how large-scale active
labour market programmes (ALMPs) have been used as a means to fight high …

The likely impact of the EMU on the variability and level of employment is analysed. The
major conclusions are as follows.(i) Although an inflation-target regime will constrain …

EMU-A Swedish Perspective provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the EMU
project. The main advantages and disadvantages of a single currency are evaluated. A key …

The article surveys theoretical and empirical knowledge on the determinants of equilibrium
unemployment. It is viewed as the outcome of the interaction between wage-setting and …

In this paper we apply the meta-regression technique to survey the empirical literature on
the economic incidence of labour taxes and social security contributions. In particular, we …

This paper takes a fresh look at the analysis of labour market dynamics and argues that
capital accumulation plays a fundamental role in determining unemployment movements …

During the 1980s Swedish labor market performance was widely appreciated as a
remarkable success story. Whereas unemployment in Western Europe climbed to double …