LEADER 04358nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910807736603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53838-1 010 $a9786612538384 010 $a0-226-26191-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226261911 035 $a(CKB)2670000000015045 035 $a(EBL)515709 035 $a(OCoLC)609863460 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12138444 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10402955 035 $a(PQKB)11755493 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115806 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515709 035 $a(DE-B1597)522671 035 $a(OCoLC)615600534 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226261911 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515709 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10381155 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253838 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000015045 100 $a20090612d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReforming the welfare state $erecovery and beyond in Sweden /$fedited by Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, and Robert Topel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (350 p.) 225 0 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-26192-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Searching for Optimal Inequality / Incentives --$t2. Policies Affecting Work Patterns and Labor Income for Women --$t3. Wage Determination and Employment in Sweden Since the Early 1990's: Wage Formation in a New Setting --$t4. Labor Supply, Tax Base, and Public Policy in Sweden --$t5. Did Active Labor Market Policies Help Sweden Rebound from the Depression of the Early 1990's? --$t6. How Sweden's Unemployment Became More Like Europe's --$t7. Economic Performance and Market Work Activity in Sweden after the Crisis of the Early 1990's --$t8. Competition, Regulation, and the Role of Local Government Policies in Swedish Markets --$t9. What Have Changes to the Global Markets for Goods and Services Done to the Viability of the Swedish Welfare State? --$tContributors --$tAuthor Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aOver the course of the twentieth century, Sweden carried out one of the most ambitious experiments by a capitalist market economy in developing a large and active welfare state. Sweden's generous social programs and the economic equality they fostered became an example for other countries to emulate. Of late, Sweden has also been much discussed as a model of how to deal with financial and economic crisis, due to the country's recovery from a banking crisis in the mid-1990's. At that time economists heatedly debated whether the welfare state caused Sweden's crisis and should be reformed-a debate with clear parallels to current concerns over capitalism. Bringing together leading economists, Reforming the Welfare State examines Sweden's policies in response to the mid-1990's crisis and the implications for the subsequent recovery. Among the issues investigated are the way changes in the labor market, tax and benefit policies, local government policy, industrial structure, and international trade affected Sweden's recovery. The way that Sweden addressed its economic challenges provides valuable insight into the viability of large welfare states, and more broadly, into the way modern economies deal with crisis. 410 0$aNBER-Conference Report 606 $aManpower policy$zSweden 606 $aLabor market$zSweden 606 $aWelfare state$zSweden 607 $aSweden$xEconomic policy 607 $aSweden$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 615 0$aManpower policy 615 0$aLabor market 615 0$aWelfare state 676 $a330.9485 701 $aFreeman$b Richard B$g(Richard Barry),$f1943-$0118990 701 $aSwedenborg$b Birgitta$f1941-$0145545 701 $aTopel$b Robert H$0145544 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807736603321 996 $aReforming the welfare state$94064590 997 $aUNINA