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Vad är BNP?
(Studentlitteratur, 2021)
Numeracy and the legacy of slavery Age-heaping in the Danish West Indies before and after emancipation from slavery, 1780s-1880s
(2024-02)
In many slave societies, enslaved persons were barred from acquiring much education. What skills the enslaved persons nonetheless were able to acquire, and how this changed following emancipation, is not well known. We ...
The persistence of wealth Economic inequality in a Caribbean slave colony in the very long run
(2024-02)
It has been proposed that slave societies were the most unequal societies in recorded human history. What little evidence there is shows an ambiguous picture. We contribute with a study on the wealth distribution in a ...
Adam Smith
(Studentlitteratur, 2021)
Den skotske filosofen Adam Smith (1723–1790) brukar betraktas som nationalekonomins fader med en laissez-faire-attityd till marknaden. Här behandlas dels hans verk, dels hans omväxlande liv från uppväxten i Kircaldy via ...
Did industrialization improve the skill composition of the population? Evidence from Sweden, 1870 to 1930
(2024-03)
This paper documents the changing skill composition during industrialization
in Sweden using population censuses and HISCO/HISCLASS scheme. The results
reveal a general shift from unskilled to more-skilled occupations, ...
Skill Premium in Sweden, 1900–1950
(2024-04)
This paper documents the evolution of wage differentials between skilled and
unskilled workers in Sweden throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Using
newly digitized data on income taxes, this paper demonstrates ...
Floods Vulnerability and the Quest for Resilience - Urban Planning and Development Challenges in Matola, Mozambique
(2024-03-18)
Increased flood occurrence due to heavy rainfall associated with cyclones is recognized worldwide. Urban environments in developing countries, such as Matola in Mozambique, suffer greatly from the negative impacts of floods, ...
Over-design and under-funding: A theory of park (re)development in Gothenburg
(2024-04-19)
Urban parks are commonly seen as the panacea for multiple of urban issues. From migrant integration to climate change, urban agriculture to wellbeing, biodiversity to obesity, urban parks are touted as the answer. The ...
Beyond the private car: Managing sustainable mobility in everyday life
(2024-04-19)
It is increasingly recognized that private car use needs to be reduced, alongside spatial
planning solutions and vehicle development, to realize a sustainable mobility transition. But
the fact that the organisation of ...
The Quest for Bureaucratic Efficiency - Sweden’s Rise and Fall as an Empire
(2024-04)
The prevailing literature on global state capacity suggests that: 1) Europe was
pulling ahead of other regions in the early modern period, and 2) state capacity in this
period was mostly dedicated to the purposes of ...