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Housing and Infrastructure

  • SNS Research Brief Housing and Infrastructure

    SNS Research Brief 81. Prices, construction costs and competition in the Swedish housing market

    In this report, economists Mats Bergman and Sten Nyberg describe the rapid rise in housing prices in Sweden ever since the 1990s...
  • Rapid increase in land costs and building materials an explanation for high prices on housing

    In a new SNS report, economists Mats Bergman and Sten Nyberg describe the rapid rise in housing prices in Sweden ever since...
  • Economic redistribution does not solve residential segregation

    Income-related residential segregation in Sweden has increased the past few decades. However, this increase is not the result of a reduced redistribution in the form of taxes and transfers. This is shown by economist Che-Yuan Liang in the SNS report “Income Inequality and Residential Segregation.” Liang finds that individuals with a low pre-tax income to a greater extent tend to reside in certain residential areas.
  • SNS Research Brief Housing and Infrastructure

    SNS Research Brief 71. Income inequality and residential segregation. English Summary.

    Income-related residential segregation in Sweden has increased the past few decades. However, this increase is not the result of a reduced redistribution in the form of taxes and transfers. This is shown by economist Che-Yuan Liang in the SNS report “Income Inequality and Residential Segregation.” Liang finds that individuals with a low pre-tax income to a greater extent tend to reside in certain residential areas.
  • Digital infrastructure not only resulted in increased productivity but also in increased wage differences

    The expansion of broadband internet in Norway resulted in firms exhibiting increased productivity, greater wage differences between individuals with high and low levels of education, and an increase in the negative impact of distance on international trade. These are the results in one of the few studies having successfully shown the causal effects of digital infrastructure on the economy. This study is presented in the new SNS report “Economic impact of investments in digital infrastructure” by economist Anders Åkerman.
  • SNS Research Brief Housing and Infrastructure

    SNS Research Brief 67. Economic impact of investments in digital infrastructure. English Summary

    The expansion of broadband internet in Norway resulted in firms exhibiting increased productivity, greater wage differences between individuals with high and low levels of education, and an increase in the negative impact of distance on international trade. These are the results in one of the few studies having successfully shown the causal effects of digital infrastructure on the economy. This study is presented in the new SNS report “Economic impact of investments in digital infrastructure” by economist Anders Åkerman.
  • Researcher: The time has come for a new taxation of housing

    Sweden needs a new and neutral taxation of housing. The current taxation is unfavourable to certain groups of households, regions and forms of housing, without being the result of articulated political priorities. This is the conclusion made by economist Peter Englund in the SNS report “A New Taxation of Housing” published today.

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