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2020-03-05 Effects of major changes in the labor market The present study focuses on the analysis of the employment trajectories for redundancies caused by ...
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2020-03-05 Employment trajectories for redundancies caused by major workplace closures and/or layoffs The main objective of the present study is to provide a better understanding of the factors affectin...
PM 2020:05

2020-01-22 Employment effects of the ROT tax deduction This report is the last study in Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis’ (Growth Analysis) projec...
PM 2020:02

2020-01-22 Swedish Public Export Promotion in comparison to other countries in Europe This analysis is a part of Growth Analysis's framework project How can the state facilitate new and ...
PM 2020:01

2020-01-22 Industry-specific tax subsidies -What effects do they have on employment? In this report, the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Growth Analysis) draw conclusions and...
Rapport 2020:01

2020-01-07 The Significance of Human Capital to Large Knowledge Intensive Investments This report is one of the studies in Growth Analysis’ framework project: What role does the public s...
PM 2019:16

2019-12-11 Miljölagstiftningens betydelse för stora kunskapsintensiva investeringar This report is one of the studies in Growth Analysis’ framework project: What role does the public s...
PM 2019:15

2019-11-07 Large knowledge-intensive investments – drivers, effects and the role of public policy This report presents a definition of large knowledge-intensive investments (LKI). It then
surveys res...
PM 2019:13

2019-04-25 Graduate migration, self-selection and urban wage premiums across the regional hierarchy Based on migration of university graduates between regional labour markets in Sweden, this paper sho...
WP 2019:03

2019-04-17 Evaluation of the RUT tax deduction – effects on firm growth and survival This report studies the effects from the tax deduction on household services, RUT, on the firms whic...
PM 2019:08

2019-02-13 The ROT tax deduction – a description of the firms development between 2010 and 2015 This study is a descriptive analysis of what is known as the ROT tax deduction for services within r...
PM 2019:02

2018-12-18 Industry-specific tax relief – an international comparison This study – Branch-specific tax reductions–An international comparison – is part of the Swedish Age...
PM 2018:23

2018-09-28 The global race for talent – The State’s role? Global flows of highly qualified¹ professionals and university students have increased in recent dec...
Report 2018:03

2018-09-27 Competition for international talent – Sweden as an attractive land for professionals from abroad Sweden is an attractive country for internationally mobile, highly qualified professionals, which is...
PM 2018:14

2018-06-28 The RUT tax deduction – a descriptive analysis of the firms and the entrepreneurs This study is a descriptive analysis of what is known as the RUT tax deduction for domestic househol...
PM 2018:12

2018-05-31 Swedish HEIs as a tool to attract highly skilled labor from foreign countries This report examines how, and the extent to which Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs) contr...
PM 2018:11

2018-05-16 Regional agglomeration of skills and earnings– from convergence to divergence? During the last three decades, we find a distinct pattern of skill divergence across regions. The un...
PM 2018:09

2018-04-26 The effects of immigration on
economic growth – a literature study Immigration has positive effects on productivity and economic growth. However, highly educated immig...
PM 2018:07

2017-11-01 The global mobility of skilled workers – lessons for Sweden The international mobility of skilled workers has become a crucial component in the process of innov...
PM 2017:14

2017-05-11 Regional growth policy challenges– Is there a need for structural reforms and new collaborative solutions? There has been remarkably little focus on the critical examination of the implementation of regional...
PM 2017:10

2017-03-01 Connections between cities, agglomeration economies and business dynamics– research overview and agenda The purpose of this report is to summarize international research on the connections between cities,...
PM 2017:08

2017-02-14 Who is creating the standards for the Internet of Things?– Standardisation policy for competitiveness in Germany, Japan, South Korea, Japan, China and the USA Standardisation issues constitute a central element in economic and industrial policies in several o...
PM 2017:07

2016-12-12 Environmental licenses for mines and quarries– processing times and potential for increased efficiency We have examined the processing times for issuing environmental licenses for mines and quarries in f...
Report 2016:07

2016-12-07 Strategies for handling EU state aid rules– casestudies on energy projects Open markets are generally regulated for different reasons. In the EU, the state support rules are i...
PM 2016:17

2016-11-07 Environmental licenses and the mining sector – Potential for increased efficiency based on three case studies Growth Analysis has studied the processing time for environmental licenses for mining and determined...
PM 2016:14

2016-11-07 Land and Environment Courts and the County Environmental Permit Offices– Processing times for environmental licenses after the reforms Growth Analysis has evaluated the Swedish government’s initiatives to shorten processing times for e...
PM 2016:13

2016-10-21 Knowledge Spill Over and Economic Growth– The relation between productivity and recruitment of key competences among small and medium sized companies in Sweden This report suggests that recruitment of key competencies is important for the productivity of small...
PM 2016:12

2016-10-05 Rural social policy and rural proofing– in Finland, Norway, Great Britain and Canada This report describes rural social policy in Norway and Finland, and the use of “Rural Proofing” in ...
PM 2016:11

2016-10-05 Focus on results– Feedback and learning from industrial policy interventions When deciding on how to design a growth policy it is instrumental for the government to get feedback...
PM 2016:10

2016-06-29 Environmental regulation and competitiveness in the mining industry– experiences from Sweden, Finland, Australia and Canada Sweden’s Minerals Strategy from 2013 emphasises that the country’s position as the leading mining na...
PM 2016:09

2016-06-28 Innovative global cities– how places attract knowledge-intensive industries This report provides a picture of what other countries are doing to create attractive cities. Exampl...
PM 2016:08

2016-06-09 Evaluation of regional structural funds programmes Regional structural funds initiatives are intended to lead to more growing and competitive companies...
Report 2016:04

2016-04-11 Evaluation of sustainable tourist destinations– lessons learned and a proposal for future investigation of the effect of the project The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis, Growth Analysis, has been commissioned to follow and...
Report 2016:02

2016-03-31 Permits for mining and environmental aspects – an international comparative study We have reviewed the mining laws and environmental laws regulating prospecting and mining in six cou...
PM 2016:05

2016-03-23 How randomised control trials develop growth policy– lessons learnt and suggestions for application The Swedish public support to enterprises amounts to SEK 30 billion. Growth Analysis has reported of...
PM 2016:03

2016-02-29 Regional Business Support– Appropriate or Outdated? Growth Analysis has analysed whether the current state-funded regional business support is appropria...
PM 2016:01

2016-02-04 Regional growth 2015- a report on conditions and trends in Sweden’s regions Sweden has experienced strong economic development during the past two decades, which is also reflec...
Report 2016:01

2015-12-22 Profit dynamics and product market regulations in the OECD Growth Analysis has had an assignment to build up knowledge about the impact of regulation on busine...
PM 2015:26

2015-12-21 Impact of the VAT reform on Swedish restaurants – a synthetic control group approach Our analysis of the reduction in VAT for restaurant and catering services shows positive effects on ...
PM 2015:25

2015-12-21 Reduced VAT on restaurant and catering services
– final report Our analysis of the effects of the reduction in VAT for restaurants and catering services indicates ...
Report 2015:10

2015-12-17 Functional analysis regions– revised 2015 This revision of the functional analysis regions (FA regions) has reduced the number of regions from...
PM 2015:22

2015-11-30 Access to basic payment services– final report The government has tasked Growth Analysis to manage and develop data about basic payment services. T...
PM 2015:20

2015-11-27 Effects of foreign acquisitions on R&D and high-skill activities In the late 1990s, foreign ownership grew quite dramatically in th Swedish business sector raising c...
PM 2015/19

2015-09-24 International developments in the field of company law– effects on Swedish law Sweden’s regulations concerning company and insolvency law should be reformed in some respects.
PM 2015:12

2015-04-29 Innovation policy for future energy systems– a compilation and analysis of international policy experiments Sweden’s energy policy aims to create the conditions for a stable energy supply – one that is also s...
Report 2015:05

2015-04-22 Accessibility to commercial and public service 2014 Analysis of trends in the different regions of Sweden Growth Analysis has analysed trends concerning accessibility to a selected number of services during...
Report 2015:04

2015-04-07 Evaluation of sustainable tourist destinations Interim report 3 – Lessons learned PM 2015:06

2015-03-12 Sweden in a European perspective– What can Espon say about Sweden and Swedish regional policy priorities? Monitoring one’s surrounding is important to better understand one’s comparative strengths and weakn...
Report 2015:01

2015-02-18 Productive entrepreneurship and insolvency legislature– a cross-country study This empirical study investigates the strengths of, and the relationship between, different aspects ...
PM 2015:02

2015-01-25 Ex ante evaluation of the Swedish operational programs for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014-2020 Growth Analysis (The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis) was commissioned by the Swedish gove...
PM 2015:01

2014-12-17 Facts and examples regarding local attractiveness Why is attractiveness important? Increasing globalisation is changing the conditions for regions to ...
Report 2014:14

2014-12-12 Access to basic payment services Interim report 5 The government has tasked Growth Analysis to manage and develop data about basic payment services. T...
PM 2014:26

2014-10-13 How taxation influences business location and investment decisions Taxes play an important role when companies decide where they should locate their production and the...
PM 2014:18

2014-07-01 Why are some places more attractive to live in than others? – A research overview of the determinants of migration in Sweden The ability to attract and retain skilled labour, business and capital is important for local, regio...
PM 2014:13

2014-04-17 Cooperation within the framework of multilevel governance Since 2011, Growth Analysis has published three reports dealing with multilevel governance within re...
PM 2014:09

2014-04-07 Massive Open Online Courses – a study of the development in four countries The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis has on commission from the Ministry of Education and R...
PM 2014:08

2014-04-04 Better statistics for better regional and rural policy Growth Analysis has been commissioned by the government to clarify the possibilities to improve acce...
Report 2014:04

2014-04-01 Evaluation of regional service programmes, 2009–2013 The present report constitutes the final report on Growth Analysis’ commission to evaluate Sweden’s ...
Report 2014:03

2014-04-01 Evaluation of sustainable tourist destinations – Interim report 2: Process evaluation In January 2012, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth was given SEK 60 million and a ...
PM 2014:07

2014-01-31 Reduced VAT on restaurant and catering services– short-term effects at firm level On January 1st 2012, the VAT rate for restaurant and catering services in Sweden was reduced from 25...
Report 2014:01

2013-12-16 Index of countries' regulatory frameworks and institutions - an analysis of how international comparisons can be used and interpreted There is a consensus today that a country’s institutions – its rules of play – are of crucial import...
Report 2013:07

2013-11-21 Regional growth 2013 - a report on conditions and trends in Sweden’s regions Trade and industry, institutions and society at large are under the influence of an increasingly int...
Report 2013:06

2013-06-03 Local business climate– prerequisites and limitations On the basis of the commission, this report deals with local business climate in a broad sense and w...
Report 2013:10

2013-05-03 Policies and governance for faster and more attractive rail transportation– Examples from China, India and Japan
Fast trains are slowly but steadily becoming an increasingly popular solution to many of the challen...
WP/PM 2013:04

2013-03-15 Strategies for regions' competence supply The strategies and tools presented are intended to provide an overview and a structure for how the r...
Report 2013:03

2013-02-28 Developing the regions' learning The purpose of this report is to (1) make an analysis of the so-called learning plans that the count...
Report 2013:02

2013-02-28 Municipal general plans and regional development programmes– Obstacles to and opportunities for development With the commission as the starting point, the report takes up opportunities for and difficulties in...
Report 2013:01

2013-02-06 Regional Investment Support - An impact assessment in a world with many different kinds of support
The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis has been commissioned to evaluate the resources that t...
WP/PM 2012:16

2013-01-02 Re-regulation of the pharmacy market– effects on flexibility, prices and costs per daily dose The primary purpose of the study is to assess the effect of the reform on market prices, and not to ...
WP/PM 2012:19

2013-01-02 Development of the cost of pharmaceuticals in the deregulated pharmacy market According to Government Bill 2008/09:145, the purpose of the deregulation is to give consumers great...
Report 2012:13

2013-01-02 The Regional Transport Grant - An impact assessment with a focus on the sawmill sector
The regional transport grant has been part of the regional support programme for entrepreneurship si...
WP/PM 2012:17

2012-12-20 Geographical accessibility to pharmaceutical– An analysis of the deregulation of the pharmacy market – Final Report Growth Analysis has made an analysis of geographical accessibility to medicines. From available stat...
Report 2012:11

2012-12-19 Energy Crisis Management -Following the 2011 Natural Disaster in Japan Any industrialized society is dependent of a stable supply of energy. With electricity being the pri...
WP/PM 2012:15

2012-11-01 Summary: State Aid to the Swedish Industry 2011 This report is about state aid to businesses in industry and services in 2011. The report is also th...
Statistics 2012:05

2012-10-30 Destination development– The importance of tourism for regional and national growth The report is divided into three parts. First, a proposal is presented for how the Swedish Agency fo...
Rapport 2012:09

2012-10-01 Regulatory burden and growing companies– Sweden in an international comparison The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis has been commissioned by the Government to examine whi...
Report 2012:06

2012-09-18 Rural Housing– Systems and structures in Norway, Sweden and Finland The Nordic Council of Ministers is the official body for co-operation between the Nordic governments...
Report 2012:05

2012-06-21 Lessons from the coordination platforms– an example of multi-level governance put into practice Sweden’s county authorities, who are responsible for regional growth and development, have been comm...
Rapport 2012:04

2012-05-03 Calculation support for regulatory impact analyses– When should regulatory impact analyses be made and what should they contain? Studies show that the economic effects of regulations are significant. The regulatory burden affects...
Report 2012:03

2012-02-03 Regional policy impacts of reduced payroll taxes Cuts in pay-roles taxes as a regional support measure is used throughout Europe. In this study we ad...
Report 2012:01

2011-12-28 Evaluation of the price development for medicines in the re-regulated pharmaceutical market The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis commission involves monitoring and evaluating the way ...
Report 2011:14

2011-12-27 Sweden’s implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe– How far have we come? In December 2008, the member states of the European Union, through the European Council, decided to ...
Report 2011:13

2011-12-06 Urban opportunities for growth– A description of Swedish urban areas and their opportunities for growth The purpose of this report is to devise an analytical structure to be able to study and analyse urba...
Report 2011:08

2011-09-08 Summary - State aid to the industry 2010 This report is about state aid to businesses in industry and services in 2010. The aim is to describ...
Statistik 2011:07

2011-06-15 Entrepreneurship and SME policies across Europe - The Swedish Concluding report
The project Innovative Policy Research for Economic Growth, IPREG described in this report deals wit...
WP/PM 2011:23

2011-06-15 Entrepreneurship and SME policies across Europe - The Swedish mapping/ comprehensiveness project
The IPREG-2 project: Entrepreneurship and SME policy across Europe aims to map the politics towards ...
WP/PM 2011:22

2011-06-15 Entrepreneurship and SME policies across Europe- Estimating the costs of Entrepreneurship and SME Policy in Sweden - Implementation report
Projektet IPREG-2: Entrepreneurship and SME policy across Europe har haft som mål att på olika sätt ...
WP/PM 2011:21

2011-06-15 Entrepreneurship and SME policies across Europe - The IPREG mapping/ comprehensiveness project - Method manual for subproject 2
The IPREG-2 project: Entrepreneurship and SME policy across Europe aims to map the politics towards ...
WP/PM 2011:20

2011-06-14 Entrepreneurship and SME-policies across Europe– The cases of Sweden, Flanders, Austria and Poland This is the concluding international report of IPREG (The Innovative Policy Research for Economic Gr...
Report 2011:03

2011-05-31 Development potential in municipalities and regions – growth initiatives in the age of multi-level governance Growth Analysis was given the assignment, in the Letter of Regulation for 2010, to analyse the contr...
Report 2011:01

2011-05-12 Entrepreneurship and SME policies across Europe - Estimating the costs of Entrepreneurship and SME Policy: Tracking the Cash - Method manual for IPREG subproject 1
The IPREG-2 project: Entrepreneurship and SME policy across Europe aims to map the politics towards ...
WP/PM 2011:19

2010-12-28 The economic effects of the regulatory burden
Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis had the assignment during 2010 of carrying out a study of ...
Report 2010:14

2010-12-10 Accessibility to urban areas of different sizes– modelling through indexed accessibility
The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis has developed a tool for measuring and analysing acces...
WP/PM 2010:08

2010-11-01 IT in rural areas– IT use with a focus on micro-enterprises
By way of introduction, it can be noted that multiple political steering documents clearly express t...
Report 2010:11

2010-09-29 Summary - State aid to the industry 2009 This report shows the extent of state aid given to the Swedish industry in 2009. Both the WTO and th...
Statistik 2010:06

2010-06-30 Regional labour supplyAn analysis of the current and future supply of expertise and labour in Sweden’s functional analysis regions The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Growth Analysis) has been commissioned by the Swedish...
Report 2010:06

2010-06-30 The orefield changing - a report on the future supply and demand for labour in the municipalities Gällivare, Pajala and Kiruna
The Swedish Government has tasked the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Tillväxtanalys) wit...
Report 2010:05

2010-06-21 The role of cultural industries in the economy at regional and national level
Simply put, culture influences economics in three dimensions. The first dimension concerns what is o...
Report 2010:10

2010-06-11 Regulatory burden and economic development– a research survey
Although most studies indicate a clearly positive relationship between decreased regulatory burden a...
Report 2010:07

2010-05-18 Ore fields undergoing change - A report about the labour supply and development opportunities
The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Growth Analysis) has been commissioned by the Swedish...
WP/PM 2010:02

2010-05-07 Sweden’s maritime sector– an important part of a Swedish maritime strategy In September 2009, the Swedish Government commissioned the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis...
Report 2010:03

2009-12-18 Evaluating business counselling– a report on how the system for business counselling could be evaluated in its entirety The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Growth Analysis) has been commissioned to present a p...
Report 2009:08

2009-12-18 Population, service and enterprise in Sweden’s rural areas This report presents three main areas: population, service and enterprise.
Report 2009:10

2009-12-18 Regional growth 2009– a report on the status and development of Sweden’s functional analysis regions The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis (Growth Analysis) report Regional growth 2009 describe...
Report 2009:12

2009-11-06 Cultural industries in Swedish statistics
- Proposal on delimitation for future mappings The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis proposes that the concept of "cultural industries" be ...
WP/PM 2009:02

2009-10-30 Cultural industries in Swedish statistics This report presents a proposed definition of cultural industries and attempts to estimate the scope...
Report 2009:06

2009-09-16 The Gotland Supplement – an out-dated regulation? According to its instructions and based on various perspectives, the Swedish Agency for Growth Polic...
Report 2009:03

2009-09-15 Customer choice models for business counselling Support of companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is provided in many di...
Report 2009:04

2009-09-15 Summary - State aid to the industry 2008 This report shows the extent of state aid given to the Swedish industry in 2008. Both the WTO and th...
Statistik 2009:04

2009-09-01 Resource centres for women– An evaluation of project activities 2002-2008 – final report This report aims to evaluate the project activities conducted within the National Programme for the ...
Report 2009:02

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