Erik Bengtsson

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• 2023

  Long-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries

  Aaberge, R. & Bengtsson, E., 2023 Oct 26, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scandinavian Economic History Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Nordic Countries 100%
  • difference in income 92%
  • income 65%
  • Decomposition 54%
  • Income 41%

• The Changing Meaning of the Wage Bargaining Round in Sweden since the 1960s: A Contextual Approach to Shifts in Industrial Relations

  Bengtsson, E., 2023, 24 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History; no. 2023:245).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • industrial relations 100%
  • wage 78%
  • Sweden 69%
  • trade union 35%
  • wage difference 23%
  160 Downloads (Pure)

• The Evolution of Popular Politics in 19th-Century Sweden and the Road From Oligarchy to Democracy

  Bengtsson, E., 2023, In: Journal of Modern European History. 21, 1, p. 71-89

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Popular Politics 100%
  • Oligarchy 91%
  • Sweden 65%
  • Roads 58%
  • Suffrage 55%

• The Origins of the Swedish Wage Bargaining Model

  Bengtsson, E., 2023, In: International Labor and Working-Class History. 103, p. 162-178

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Wage Policy 100%
  • Wage Bargaining 96%
  • Bargaining Model 95%
  • Labor Movement 60%
  • Trade Unions 58%

• The politics of profits: Profit squeeze and political-economic change in Sweden, 1975–1985

  Bengtsson, E., 2023, 25 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History; no. 2023:250).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • economic change 100%
  • profit 83%
  • Sweden 81%
  • politics 54%
  • labor 45%
  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Wealth, work, and industriousness, 1670–1860: Evidence from rural Swedish probates

  Falk, M., Bengtsson, E. & Olsson, M., 2023, 32 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History; no. 2023:251).

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  • Probate Inventories 100%
  • Farmers 62%
  • Household 59%
  • Wealth 51%
  • 1860s 47%
  121 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Agrarian politics in Sweden, c. 1850-1950

  Bengtsson, E. & Hägglund, J., 2022 Jun, Making Politics in the European Countryside: 1780s to 1930s. Brassart, L., Marache, C., Pan-Montojo, J. & van Molle, L. (eds.). Brepols Publishers, p. 293-312 (CORN Publication Series; vol. 19).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Agrar ojämlikhet i Sverige studerad med bevillningstaxeringen som källa, 1870–1920

  Bengtsson, E., 2022, 50 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History; no. 2022:242).

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• Income inequality in an industrial city during the great levelling: micro level evidence from malmö, 1900–1950

  Svensson, A. & Bengtsson, E., 2022 Nov 29, In: Scandinavian Economic History Review. 71, 1

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  • Malmo 100%
  • levelling 80%
  • Leveling 79%
  • Taxation 74%
  • leveling 69%

• Incomes and Income Inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from Micro Data

  Bengtsson, E. & Molinder, J., 2022, 53 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History; no. 2022:240).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Micro Data 100%
  • Income 91%
  • Income Inequality 89%
  • Household Composition 34%
  • Equalization 29%
  298 Downloads (Pure)

• Mercantilist Inequality: Wealth and Poverty in Stockholm 1650–1750

  Bengtsson, E., Olsson, M. & Svensson, P., 2022 Feb, In: Economic History Review. 75, 1, p. 157-180

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  • Wealth Inequality 100%
  • Stockholm 70%
  • Poverty 47%
  • Wealth 46%
  • Social Structure 33%

• Ola Innset, Markedsvendingen: Nyliberalismens historie i Norge (Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2020). 246 s.

  Bengtsson, E., 2022, In: Historisk Tidskrift. 142, 1, p. 129-131 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.) › peer-review

• Svensk landsbygdspolitik mellan EU och klassrummet. Introduktion till avsnittets texter

  Bengtsson, E. & Fridolfsson, C., 2022 Mar, Fronesis, 72-73.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Newspaper article

• The living standards of the labouring classes in Sweden, 1750–1900: Evidence from rural probate inventories

  Bengtsson, E. & Svensson, P., 2022 Jun, In: Agricultural History Review. 70, 1, p. 49-69

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Probate Inventories 100%
  • Standard of Living 77%
  • Sweden 66%
  • Consumption Goods 54%
  • Landless People 43%

• The social origins of democracy in Sweden: the role of agrarian politics

  Bengtsson, E., 2022 Oct, In: Social History. 47, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Democratization 100%
  • Sweden 93%
  • Farmers 90%
  • Democracy 75%
  • Parliament 49%
• 2021

  Does Democratization Cause Redistribution? Evidence from Sweden and Brazil

  Bengtsson, E. & Morgan, M., 2021 Dec, p. 1-35, 35 p. (Working Papers of the Department of History, Economics and Society – Political Economy; no. 7/2021).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

  • redistribution 100%
  • democratization 87%
  • Sweden 80%
  • Brazil 71%
  • cause 56%

• The Evolution of Popular Politics in Nineteenth Century Sweden and the Road from Oligarchy to Democracy

  Bengtsson, E., 2021, 39 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History; no. 2021:226).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Popular Politics 100%
  • Oligarchy 91%
  • Sweden 65%
  • Roads 58%
  • Democracy 53%
  212 Downloads (Pure)

• Wages, Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Long-Run Perspectives in Scandinavia, 1900–2010

  Bengtsson, E. & Stockhammer, E., 2021, In: Review of Political Economy. 33, 4, p. 725-745

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• What Happened to the Incomes of the Rich during the Great Levelling? Evidence from Swedish Individual-level Data, 1909–1950

  Bengtsson, E. & Molinder, J., 2021, 76 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History ; no. 2021:230).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Leveling 100%
  • Income 74%
  • Elites 29%
  • Doctors 26%
  • 20th Century 24%
  165 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Ekonomisk ojämlikhet

  Bengtsson, E. & Waldenström, D., 2020 Sept, Vad är ekonomisk historia?. Andersson-Skog, L., Broberg, O., Edvinsson, R., Enflo, K. & Lilja, K. (eds.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Financial effects in historic consumption and investment functions

  Stockhammer, E. & Bengtsson, E., 2020, In: International Review of Applied Economics. 34, 3, p. 304-326 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Investment Function 100%
  • Consumption Function 96%
  • Stock Prices 38%
  • House Prices 36%
  • Norway 23%

• Income Inequality in Mexico 1895-1940: Industrialization, Revolution, Institutions

  Castañeda Garza, D. & Bengtsson, E., 2020, 68 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues; no. 2020:212).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Industrialization 100%
  • Income Inequality 94%
  • Mexico 87%
  • Income 72%
  • Land Ownership 66%
  387 Downloads (Pure)

• Peasant aristocrats? Wealth, social status and the politics of Swedish farmer parliamentarians 1769–1895

  Bengtsson, E. & Olsson, M., 2020, In: Scandinavian Journal of History. 45, 5, p. 573-592

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Social Status 100%
  • Peasants 98%
  • Aristocrats 96%
  • Farmers 76%
  • Wealth 62%

• Rika och fattiga: Klassrelationer och historisk ekonomisk ojämlikhet i Stockholm på 1600–1700-talen

  Bengtsson, E., 2020 Jun, In: Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek. 173-174, p. 78-83 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Tema: Klass i Sverige 1500-1900

  Uppenberg, C. (Guest ed.) & Bengtsson, E. (Guest ed.), 2020, In: Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek. 173-174, p. 42-100 58 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special Issue (editor)

• Temaintro: Klass i Sverige 1500-1900: Det gamla bondesamhället?

  Uppenberg, C. & Bengtsson, E., 2020, In: Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek. 173-174 (2020:1-2), p. 42-49 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• The living standards of the labouring classes in Sweden, 1750–1900: Evidence from rural probate inventories

  Bengtsson, E. & Svensson, P., 2020, 25 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues; no. 2020:213).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Probate Inventories 100%
  • Standard of Living 64%
  • Sweden 63%
  • Real Wages 14%
  • Benchmark 11%
  1400 Downloads (Pure)

• The rise of the middle class: the income gap between salaried employees and workers in Sweden, ca. 1830–1940

  Bengtsson, E. & Prado, S., 2020, In: Scandinavian Economic History Review. 68, 2, p. 91-111 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • salaried employee 100%
  • nineteenth century 68%
  • twentieth century 63%
  • Sweden 56%
  • middle class 53%

• The Swedish Labour Market, c. 1870-1914: A Labour Market Regime without Repression?

  Bengtsson, E., 2020 Dec, Corporate Policing, Yellow Unionism, and Strikebreaking, 1890–1930: In Defence of Freedom. Millan, M. & Saluppo, A. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 62-78 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

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• Världens jämlikaste land?

  Bengtsson, E., 2020 Sept 7, Lund: Arkiv förlag.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Popular science

• What Determines the Capital Share over the Long Run of History?

  Bengtsson, E., Rubolino, E. & Waldenström, D., 2020 Apr, Paris, 43 p. (WID.world Working Papers; no. 2020/08).

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• 2019

  Aristocratic Wealth and Inequality in a Changing Society: Sweden, 1750–1900

  Bengtsson, E., Missiaia, A., Olsson, M. & Svensson, P., 2019, In: Scandinavian Journal of History. 44, 1, p. 27-52

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Nobles 100%
  • Sweden 79%
  • Wealth 63%
  • Nobility 56%
  • High Nobility 21%

• Financial effects in historic consumption and investment functions

  Stockhammer, E. & Bengtsson, E., 2019, 51 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues; no. 2019:188).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Investment Function 100%
  • Consumption Function 96%
  • France 28%
  • Financial Variables 26%
  • Share Prices 24%
  117 Downloads (Pure)

• Mercantilist Inequality: Wealth and Poverty in Stockholm 1650-1750

  Bengtsson, E., Olsson, M. & Svensson, P., 2019, 33 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues ; no. 2019:210).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • poverty 100%
  • social structure 65%
  • standard of living 39%
  • taxes 31%
  • reward 30%
  137 Downloads (Pure)

• Reconsidering the Role of Farmer Politics in Swedish Democratization

  Bengtsson, E., 2019, 32 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues ; no. 2019:205).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Democratization 100%
  • Farmers 72%
  • Social Democracy 38%
  • Alliances 13%
  • 1920s 12%
  130 Downloads (Pure)

• The Origins of the Swedish Wage Bargaining Model

  Bengtsson, E., 2019, 27 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market; no. 2019:195).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Wage Bargaining 100%
  • Bargaining Model 98%
  • Wages 55%
  • Union Wage 28%
  • Trade Unions 22%
  153 Downloads (Pure)

• The wealth of the Swedish peasant farmer class (1750-1900): Composition and distribution

  Bengtsson, E. & Svensson, P., 2019, In: Rural History. 30, 2, p. 129-145 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Peasants 100%
  • peasant 89%
  • Farmers 77%
  • farmer 74%
  • Wealth 63%

• Unequal poverty and equal industrialisation: Finnish wealth, 1750–1900

  Bengtsson, E., Missiaia, A., Nummela, I. & Olsson, M., 2019, In: Scandinavian Economic History Review. 67, 3, p. 229-248

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • industrialization 100%
  • poverty 99%
  • Industrialization 93%
  • economy 75%
  • Poverty 73%

• “The Swedish Sonderweg in Question: Democratization and Inequality in Comparative Perspective, c. 1750–1920”

  Bengtsson, E., 2019 Aug, In: Past & Present. 244, 1, p. 123-161 39 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Sonderweg 100%
  • Democratization 82%
  • democratization 59%
  • Egalitarianism 58%
  • twentieth century 56%
• 2018

  Capital Shares and Income Inequality: Evidence from the Long Run

  Bengtsson, E. & Waldenström, D., 2018, In: Journal of Economic History. 78, 3, p. 712-743

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Peasant Aristocrats? Wealth and Social Status of Swedish Farmer Parliamentarians 1769–1895

  Bengtsson, E. & Olsson, M., 2018, 27 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues ; no. 2018:175).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Social Status 100%
  • Peasants 98%
  • Aristocrats 96%
  • Farmers 76%
  • Wealth 62%
  503 Downloads (Pure)

• The rise of the middle class: The income gap between salaried employees and workers in Sweden, 1830–1935

  Bengtsson, E. & Prado, S., 2018, 28 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues ; no. 2018:186).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Sweden 100%
  • Middle Class 94%
  • Rise 72%
  • Workers 64%
  • Income 58%
  101 Downloads (Pure)

• The wealth of the Swedish peasant farmer class 1750–1900: Composition and distribution

  Bengtsson, E. & Svensson, P., 2018, 29 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues; no. 177).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Peasants 100%
  • Farmers 77%
  • Wealth 63%
  • Probate Inventories 15%
  • Land Prices 12%
  297 Downloads (Pure)

• Wages, income distribution and economic growth in Scandinavia

  Bengtsson, E. & Stockhammer, E., 2018, (Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues; no. 2018:179).

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  • Income Distribution 100%
  • Scandinavia 86%
  • Economic Growth 71%
  • Wages 45%
  • GDP Growth 21%
  124 Downloads (Pure)

• Wealth inequality in Sweden 1750–1900

  Bengtsson, E., Missiaia, A., Olsson, M. & Svensson, P., 2018 Aug, In: Economic History Review. 71, 3, p. 772-794

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Wealth Inequality 100%
  • Sweden 57%
  • Industrialization 23%
  • Probate Inventories 18%
  • Wealth Accumulation 16%
• 2017

  Inequality and the working class in Scandinavia 1800-1910: Workers' share of growing incomes

  Bengtsson, E., 2017 Oct, In: Investigaciones de Historia Economica. 13, 3, p. 180-189

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Scandinavia 100%
  • Income 71%
  • Working Class 71%
  • Workers 56%
  • Wages 52%

• The economic effects of the 1920 eight-hour working day reform in Sweden

  Bengtsson, E. & Molinder, J., 2017 May 4, In: Scandinavian Economic History Review. 65, 2, p. 149-168

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • working hours 100%
  • Wages 91%
  • Economic and social effects 90%
  • wage 88%
  • Sweden 63%

• The Wealth of the Richest: Inequality and the Nobility in Sweden, 1750–1900

  Bengtsson, E., Missiaia, A., Olsson, M. & Svensson, P., 2017, Lund: Department of Economic History, Lund University, 31 p. (Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; no. 161).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

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  • Nobles 100%
  • Nobility 85%
  • Sweden 79%
  • Wealth 63%
  • Upper Class 23%
  930 Downloads (Pure)

• What we know and what we don't know about Swedish labor market history: Reflections on Spelets Regler

  Bengtsson, E. & Karlsson, T., 2017, In: Essays in Economic & Business History. 35, 1, p. 15-36 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Institutional Change 100%
  • Labour Market 90%
  • Segmentation 90%
  • Income Distribution 58%
  • Power Distribution 51%
  409 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Capital Shares and Income Inequality: Evidence from the Long Run

  Bengtsson, E. & Waldenström, D., 2016, European Historical Economics Society, 67 p. (European Historical Economics Society Working Paper Series; no. 92).

  Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper

  • Income Inequality 100%
  • Data Base 98%
  • Time Dependence 78%
  • Top Incomes 74%
  • Measure of Inequality 73%