An Evaluation of the Swedish Active Labor Market Policy: New and Received Wisdom

Anders Forslund & Alan B. Krueger
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Copyright 1997
ISBN 0-226-26178-6
Welfare State in Transition
Book: The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model
Book editors: Richard B. Freeman, Robert Topel & Birgitta Swedenborg
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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About 3% of GNP is spent on government labor market programs in Sweden, compared to 2% in Germany and less than 0.5%...

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