The welfare state in transition [[electronic resource] ] : reforming the Swedish model / / edited by Richard B. Freeman, Robert Topel, and Birgitta Swedenborg

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9485/059
• Soggetto topico: Business; Social sciences; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
• Soggetto geografico: Sweden Economic conditions 1945- Congresses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry) TopelRobert H SwedenborgBirgitta <1941->
• Note generali: A research report presented at a public conference held in Sweden in January 1995.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- 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 -- 8 The Social Costs of Regulation and Lack of Competition in Sweden: A Summary -- 9 Industrial Policy, Employer Size, and Economic Performance in Sweden -- 10 A Heckscher-Ohlin View of Sweden Competing in the Global Marketplace -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Once heralded in the 1950's and 1960's as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition and in trouble since its economic plunge in the early 1990's. This volume presents ten essays that examine Sweden's economic problems from a U.S. perspective. Exploring such diverse topics as income equalization and efficiency, welfare and tax policy, wage determination and unemployment, and international competitiveness and growth, they consider how Sweden's welfare state succeeded in eliminating poverty and became a role model for other countries. They then reflect on Sweden's past economic problems, such as the increase in government spending and the fall in industrial productivity, warning of problems to come. Finally they review the consequences of the collapse of Sweden's economy in the early 1990's, exploring the implications of its efforts to reform its welfare state and reestablish a healthy economy. This volume will be of interest to policymakers and analysts, social scientists, and economists interested in welfare states.
• Titolo autorizzato: The welfare state in transition
• ISBN: 1-281-43095-1; 9786611430955; 0-226-26185-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451721403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.; Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)