Austerity through rescaling and layering in the Swedish welfare state

Figures & data

Table 1. Types of Gradual Change (Mahoney and Thelen 2010, 16).

	Displacement	Layering	Drift	Conversion
Removal of old rules	Yes	No	No	No
Neglect of old rules	-	No	Yes	No
Changed impact/enactment of old rules	-	No	Yes	Yes
Introduction of new rules	Yes	Yes	No	No

Figure 1. Number of inhabitants during 2022 (Source: Statistics Sweden).

Figure 2. Net Income Statement for 2022 (Source: Statistics Sweden).

Figure 3. Sickness Benefit Number (Source: Social Insurance Agency).

Figure 4. Number of decisions concerning first-time applications of personal assistance.

Mahoney, James, and Kathleen Thelen. 2010. “A Theory of Gradual Institutional Change.” In Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency, and Power, edited by James Mahoney, and Kathleen. Thelen, 1–37. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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