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abstract: 'This investigation explores the long-run relationship between the wage
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share in the non-construction private sector and government efforts to
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create jobs in public services and construction of infrastructure and
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houses, in Sweden in 1900 to 2016. In the present article, it is argued
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that the creation of employment with generous wages by the Swedish
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government has increased the bargaining power of workers outside of
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these sectors, thus raising the wage share, up to about 1980.
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Correspondingly, retrenchment from such policy has been detrimental for
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the wage share in recent decades. This argument is supported by the
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results of cointegration tests, estimation of long-run and short-run,
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speed of adjustment, coefficients, as well as by Impulse-response
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functions. While government consumption is often found to be an
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important determinant for the wage share, earlier research has neglected
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the full labor market effect of government job creation associated with
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an expansion of the welfare state. Sweden is an ideal case for studying
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the impact of welfare policy on the wage share, since it has been one of
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the most extensive welfare states and simultaneously has been one of the
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most egalitarian countries in the world.'
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affiliation: 'Ahnland, L (Corresponding Author), Stockholm Univ, Ekon Hist Inst, S-10691
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Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ahnland, Lars, Stockholm Univ, Ekon Hist Inst, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.'
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author: Ahnland, Lars
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author-email: lars.ahnland@ekohist.su.se
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author_list:
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- family: Ahnland
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given: Lars
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/0023656X.2020.1731732
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earlyaccessdate: FEB 2020
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eissn: 1469-9702
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files: []
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issn: 0023-656X
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journal: LABOR HISTORY
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keywords: 'Wage share; income inequality; government employment; public sector;
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welfare state'
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keywords-plus: LABORS SHARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; RATIO
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language: English
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month: JUL 3
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number: 3-4
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number-of-cited-references: '51'
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pages: 228-246
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papis_id: 23d0d6b51e544727de2603342f56589b
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ref: Ahnland2020wageshare
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times-cited: '0'
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title: The wage share and government job creation in Sweden, 1900-2016
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000516727900001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '3'
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volume: '61'
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web-of-science-categories: History; History Of Social Sciences; Industrial Relations
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\& Labor
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year: '2020'
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