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Erik Bengtsson
Deputy head of the Department of Economic History, Senior lecturer
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Publications
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The politics of inflation and revitalisation of wage solidarity in Scandinavia
Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Kristin Alsos, Søren Kaj Andersen, Erik Bengtsson, Kristine Nergaard
(2024) Transfer
Journal articleThe Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison
Erik Bengtsson, Felix Kersting
(2024)
PreprintLong-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries
Rolf Aaberge, Erik Bengtsson
(2024) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 72 p.208-227
Journal articleIncomes and Income Inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from Micro Data
Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2023) Explorations in Economic History
Journal articleArbetsmarknadens marknadsanpassning: Lönebildningen och det gemensamma intresset
Erik Bengtsson
(2023) Marknadens tid: Mellan folkhemskapitalism och nyliberalism , p.124-144
Book chapterThe Origins of the Swedish Wage Bargaining Model
Erik Bengtsson
(2023) International Labor and Working-Class History, 103 p.162-178
Journal articleThe Evolution of Popular Politics in 19th-Century Sweden and the Road From Oligarchy to Democracy
Erik Bengtsson
(2023) Journal of Modern European History, 21 p.71-89
Journal articleThe Changing Meaning of the Wage Bargaining Round in Sweden since the 1960s: A Contextual Approach to Shifts in Industrial Relations
Erik Bengtsson
(2023) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paperThe politics of profits: Profit squeeze and political-economic change in Sweden, 1975–1985
Erik Bengtsson
(2023) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paperWealth, work, and industriousness, 1670–1860: Evidence from rural Swedish probates
Marcus Falk, Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson
(2023) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paperIncome inequality in an industrial city during the great levelling: micro level evidence from malmö, 1900–1950
Anton Svensson, Erik Bengtsson
(2022) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 71
Journal articleThe social origins of democracy in Sweden: the role of agrarian politics
Erik Bengtsson
(2022) Social History, 47
Journal articleAgrarian politics in Sweden, c. 1850-1950
Erik Bengtsson, Josefin Hägglund
(2022) CORN Publication Series, 19 p.293-312
Book chapterThe living standards of the labouring classes in Sweden, 1750–1900: Evidence from rural probate inventories
Erik Bengtsson, Patrick Svensson
(2022) Agricultural History Review, 70 p.49-69
Journal articleSvensk landsbygdspolitik mellan EU och klassrummet. Introduktion till avsnittets texter
Erik Bengtsson, Charlotte Fridolfsson
(2022) Fronesis
Newspaper articleMercantilist Inequality: Wealth and Poverty in Stockholm 1650–1750
Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2022) Economic History Review, 75 p.157-180
Journal articleIncomes and Income Inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from Micro Data
Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2022) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paperAgrar ojämlikhet i Sverige studerad med bevillningstaxeringen som källa, 1870–1920
Erik Bengtsson
(2022) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paperOla Innset, Markedsvendingen : Nyliberalismens historie i Norge (Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2020). 246 s.
Erik Bengtsson
(2022) Historisk Tidskrift, 142 p.129-131
ReviewDoes Democratization Cause Redistribution? Evidence from Sweden and Brazil
Erik Bengtsson, Marc Morgan
(2021) Working Papers of the Department of History, Economics and Society – Political Economy , p.1-35
Working paperWages, Income Distribution and Economic Growth: Long-Run Perspectives in Scandinavia, 1900–2010
Erik Bengtsson, Engelbert Stockhammer
(2021) Review of Political Economy, 33 p.725-745
Journal articleThe Evolution of Popular Politics in Nineteenth Century Sweden and the Road from Oligarchy to Democracy
Erik Bengtsson
(2021) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paperWhat Happened to the Incomes of the Rich during the Great Levelling? Evidence from Swedish Individual-level Data, 1909–1950
Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2021) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paperThe Swedish Labour Market, c. 1870-1914: A Labour Market Regime without Repression?
Erik Bengtsson
(2020) Corporate Policing, Yellow Unionism, and Strikebreaking, 1890–1930: In Defence of Freedom , p.62-78
Book chapterEkonomisk ojämlikhet
Erik Bengtsson, Daniel Waldenström
(2020) Vad är ekonomisk historia?
Book chapterRika och fattiga: Klassrelationer och historisk ekonomisk ojämlikhet i Stockholm på 1600–1700-talen
Erik Bengtsson
(2020) Arbetarhistoria: meddelande från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek, 173-174 p.78-83
Journal articleWhat Determines the Capital Share over the Long Run of History?
Erik Bengtsson, Enrico Rubolino, Daniel Waldenström
(2020) WID.world Working Papers
Working paperFinancial effects in historic consumption and investment functions
Engelbert Stockhammer, Erik Bengtsson
(2020) International Review of Applied Economics, 34 p.304-326
Journal articleThe rise of the middle class : the income gap between salaried employees and workers in Sweden, ca. 1830–1940
Erik Bengtsson, Svante Prado
(2020) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 68 p.91-111
Journal articlePeasant aristocrats? Wealth, social status and the politics of Swedish farmer parliamentarians 1769–1895
Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson
(2020) Scandinavian Journal of History, 45 p.573-592
Journal articleThe living standards of the labouring classes in Sweden, 1750–1900: Evidence from rural probate inventories
Erik Bengtsson, Patrick Svensson
(2020) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperTema: Klass i Sverige 1500-1900
(2020) Arbetarhistoria: meddelande från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek , p.42-100
Editor for a journalTemaintro: Klass i Sverige 1500-1900: Det gamla bondesamhället?
Carolina Uppenberg, Erik Bengtsson
(2020) Arbetarhistoria: meddelande från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek , p.42-49
Journal articleIncome Inequality in Mexico 1895-1940: Industrialization, Revolution, Institutions
Diego Castañeda Garza, Erik Bengtsson
(2020) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper“The Swedish Sonderweg in Question: Democratization and Inequality in Comparative Perspective, c. 1750–1920”
Erik Bengtsson
(2019) Past & Present, 244 p.123-161
Journal articleAristocratic Wealth and Inequality in a Changing Society: Sweden, 1750–1900
Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2019) Scandinavian Journal of History, 44 p.27-52
Journal articleFinancial effects in historic consumption and investment functions
Engelbert Stockhammer, Erik Bengtsson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperThe Origins of the Swedish Wage Bargaining Model
Erik Bengtsson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market
Working paperUnequal poverty and equal industrialisation: Finnish wealth, 1750–1900
Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Ilkka Nummela, Mats Olsson
(2019) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 67 p.229-248
Journal articleMercantilist Inequality : Wealth and Poverty in Stockholm 1650-1750
Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperReconsidering the Role of Farmer Politics in Swedish Democratization
Erik Bengtsson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperThe wealth of the Swedish peasant farmer class (1750-1900) : Composition and distribution
Erik Bengtsson, Patrick Svensson
(2019) Rural History, 30 p.129-145
Journal article reviewWealth inequality in Sweden 1750–1900
Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2018) Economic History Review, 71 p.772-794
Journal articlePeasant Aristocrats? Wealth and Social Status of Swedish Farmer Parliamentarians 1769–1895
Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson
(2018) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperCapital Shares and Income Inequality: Evidence from the Long Run
Erik Bengtsson, Daniel Waldenström
(2018) Journal of Economic History, 78 p.712-743
Journal articleThe rise of the middle class : The income gap between salaried employees and workers in Sweden, 1830–1935
Erik Bengtsson, Svante Prado
(2018) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperWages, income distribution and economic growth in Scandinavia
Erik Bengtsson, Engelbert Stockhammer
(2018) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperThe wealth of the Swedish peasant farmer class 1750–1900 : Composition and distribution
Erik Bengtsson, Patrick Svensson
(2018) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paperInequality and the working class in Scandinavia 1800-1910 : Workers' share of growing incomes
Erik Bengtsson
(2017) Investigaciones de Historia Economica, 13 p.180-189
Journal articleThe economic effects of the 1920 eight-hour working day reform in Sweden
Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2017) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 65 p.149-168
Journal articleThe Wealth of the Richest : Inequality and the Nobility in Sweden, 1750–1900
Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2017) Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues
Working paperWhat we know and what we don't know about Swedish labor market history : Reflections on Spelets Regler
Erik Bengtsson, Tobias Karlsson
(2017) Essays in Economic & Business History, 35 p.15-36
Journal articleDen heterodoxa nationalekonomins materiella förutsättningar
Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Fronesis , p.161-166
Journal article"Märkets" förhistoria : Så började industrins ledande roll i lönebildningen
Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Arbetarhistoria: meddelande från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek, 2016 p.47-54
Journal articleThe Effect of a Massive Wage Push on Income Distribution and Employment. Evidence from the 1920 Eight-Hour Workday Reform in Sweden and Its Aftermath
Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2016) Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market
Working paperInequality and the working class in Scandinavia 1800 to 1910. Workers’ share of growing income
Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market
Working paperMakt, löner och inkomstfördelning : Reflektioner om forskningsläget och vägen framåt
Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Makt och inflytande i arbetslivet , p.34-59
Book chapterRecension av Den blå handen : Om Stockholms färgare 1650-1900 av Eva Bergström
Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Historisk Tidskrift, 2016 p.113-115
ReviewInequality in the long run : Finland and Sweden 1750–1900
Mats Olsson, Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Ilkka Nummela
(2016)
Conference paperThe Wealth of the Richest : Inequality and the Nobility in Sweden, 1750–1900
Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2016)
Conference paperCapital Shares and Income Inequality: Evidence from the Long Run
Erik Bengtsson, Daniel Waldenström
(2016) European Historical Economics Society Working Paper Series
Working paperLohnzurückhaltung und Lohnmilitanz: Belgien, Deutschland und die Niederlande, 1950–2010
Erik Bengtsson
(2015) WSI-Mitteilungen, 67 p.272-279
Journal articleThe (International) Political Economy of Falling Wage Shares: Situating Working-Class Agency
Erik Bengtsson, Magnus Ryner
(2015) New Political Economy, 20 p.406-430
Journal articleWage restraint in Scandinavia: during the postwar period or the neoliberal age?
Erik Bengtsson
(2015) European Review of Economic History, 19 p.359-381
Journal articleWealth inequality in Sweden 1750–1900
Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson, Anna Missiaia, Erik Bengtsson
(2015)
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