Sweden: Selected Issues—The Role of Government

October 1, 2001

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Sweden: Selected Issues—The Role of Government, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

Sweden’s quality of life, public health, and educational attainment indicators are among the best in the world. Although it is impossible to pin down the optimal size of the welfare state precisely, the government has generally agreed to have become too big by the late 1980s. Globalization is changing the context in which the Swedish model operates by limiting its tax-based financing, but it does not rule out the preservation of its key elements. This paper assesses the effectiveness and impact of the extensive and highly developed welfare state in Sweden.

Subject: Expenditure, Income, Labor, National accounts, Personal income, Wages

Keywords: Child benefit, CR, Double taxation, Europe, Income, Indirect tax, ISCR, Labor market, Per capita income, Personal income, Progressive tax, Public expenditure, Swedish krona, Wages, Wealth tax

Publication Details

Pages:

97
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/169
Stock No:

1SWEEA0032001
ISBN:

9781451835977
ISSN:

1934-7685

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