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Multitask Learning and the Reorganization of Work: From Tayloristic to Holistic Organization by Lindbeck, Assar, Snower, Dennis J.

“…This article analyzes an important aspect of the contemporary reorganization of work within firms: the shift from “Tayloristic” organization (characterized by…”
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Social Norms in Social Insurance by Lindbeck, Assar, Persson, Mats

“…We analyze how insurance arrangements, labor supply, moral hazard, and outright cheating are affected by social norms. One question is under what conditions…”
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Raising Children to Work Hard: Altruism, Work Norms, and Social Insurance by Lindbeck, Assar, Nyberg, Sten

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Delegation of investment decisions, and optimal remuneration of agents by Lindbeck, Assar, Weibull, Jörgen

“…We analyze an investor who delegates information acquisition and investment decisions to an agent. The investor cannot monitor the agent’s effort or…”
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The European Social Model: Lessons for Developing Countries by Assar Lindbeck

“…Developing countries, in particular the least developed ones, probably have more to learn from social policies in Europe during the early 20th century than…”
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The Gains from Pension Reform by Lindbeck, Assar, Persson, Mats

“…The contemporary discussion of pension reform has been initiated mainly by concern for the long-term financial viability of existing government-operated…”
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A continuous model of income insurance by Lindbeck, Assar, Persson, Mats

“…In this paper we treat an individual’s health as a continuous variable, in contrast to the traditional literature on income insurance, where it is assumed that…”
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Sustainable social spending by Lindbeck, Assar

“…The paper discusses a number of threats to the financial sustainability of social spending: increased internationalization of national economies, gradually…”
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The Swedish Experiment by Lindbeck, Assar

“…Before attempting a verdict on the economic and social experiments in Sweden after World War II, it is useful to specify some characteristic features of the…”
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Sickness Absence and Local Benefit Cultures by Lindbeck, Assar, Palme, Mårten, Persson, Mats

“…In many countries, sickness absence financed by generous insurance benefits is an important concern in the policy debate. There are strong variations in…”
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Insiders versus Outsiders by Lindbeck, Assar, Snower, Dennis J.

“…The insider-outsider theory examines the behavior of economic agents in markets where some participants have more privileged postions than others. Incumbent…”
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Altruism and Time Consistency: The Economics of Fait Accompli by Lindbeck, Assar, Weibull, Jörgen W.

“…This paper analyzes the strategic and intertemporal interaction between two economic agents who have "overlapping" concerns, such as altruistic concerns for…”
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Incentives and Social Norms in Household Behavior by Lindbeck, Assar

“…In a broad psychological perspective, both economic incentives and social norms may be regarded as giving rise to purposeful, or rational, behavior. This means…”
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Raising children to work hard: altruism, work norms, and social insurance by Lindbeck, Assar, Nyberg, Sten

“…Empirically, disincentive effects on work of generous welfare state arrangements tend to appear with a substantial time lag. One explanation is that norms…”
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Hazardous Welfare-State Dynamics by Lindbeck, Assar

“…The achievements and costs of the modern welfare state are both usually analyzed in static terms. Some consequences of welfare-state arrangements, however,…”
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The Stability Pact - Rationales, Problems, Alternatives by Lindbeck, Assar, Niepelt, Dirk

“…SUMMARY We analyze economic rationales for, and possible alternatives to, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). We identify various cross‐country spillover…”
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Social Norms and Economic Incentives in the Welfare State by Lindbeck, Assar, Nyberg, Sten, Weibull, Jörgen W.

“…This paper analyzes the interplay between social norms and economic incentives in the context of work decisions in the modem welfare state. We assume that to…”
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The gains from pension reform by Lindbeck, Assar, Persson, Mats

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Raising Children to Work Hard: Altruism, Work Norms, and Social Insurance by Lindbeck, Assar, Nyberg, Sten

“…Empirically, disincentive effects on work of generous welfare state arrangements tend to appear with a substantial time lag. One explanation is that norms…”
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Welfare State Disincentives with Endogenous Habits and Norms by Lindbeck, Assar

“…It is assumed in this paper that habits and social norms constrain the influence of economic disincentives on individual behavior, but that these constraints…”
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