Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180643 
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Year of Publication: 
2018
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[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 411 [Publisher:] Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2018
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The economic crisis in the early 1990s brought about a dramatic increase in unemployment and a similar decrease in labor force participation. Unemployment declined afterwards, but stabilized at around 6–7%—more than twice as high as before the crisis. Today, the unemployment rate is lower than the EU average, though Sweden no longer stands out in this respect. The 2008 financial crisis had small effects on the Swedish labor market. Employment in industry declined sharply and then remained stagnant, but employment in the service sectors has continued to grow steadily.
Subjects: 
unemployment
employment
labor force participation
wage inequality
JEL: 
E24
J3
J6
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Article

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