Erik Bengtsson

Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data, 1870–1970

Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder, Svante Prado
(2026) World Inequality Lab Working Paper
Working paper

The changing meaning of wage bargaining in Sweden since the 1960s: A contextual approach to shifts in industrial relations

Erik Bengtsson
(2026) Economic and Industrial Democracy , p.1-20
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Living standards in south Swedish towns, c. 1570-1865

Marcus Falk, Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson
(2026) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison

Erik Bengtsson, Felix Kersting
(2026) Comparative Political Studies, 59 p.979-1009
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The Politics of Profits: Profit Squeeze and Political-Economic Change in Sweden, 1975–85

Erik Bengtsson
(2025) Journal of Contemporary History
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2025) Journal of Economic History, 85 p.411
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Economic Inequality in the Nordics in Times of Neoliberalism

Erik Bengtsson
(2025) Nordic Studies in a Global Context , p.139-155
Kapitel samlingsverk

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

Marcus Falk, Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson
(2025) Rural History, 36 p.278-294
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Income inequality in Mexico, 1895-1940: industrialisation, revolution, institutions

Diego Castañeda Garza, Erik Bengtsson
(2024) Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 42 p.415–434
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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, 30 p.337-358
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison

Erik Bengtsson, Felix Kersting
(2024)
Preprint (i preprint-arkiv)

Long-run evolution of income inequality in the Nordic countries

Rolf Aaberge, Erik Bengtsson
(2024) Scandinavian Economic History Review, 72 p.208-227
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The 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 paper

The Origins of the Swedish Wage Bargaining Model

Erik Bengtsson
(2023) International Labor and Working-Class History, 103 p.162-178
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Erik Bengtsson
(2023) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

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

Marcus Falk, Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson
(2023) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

Arbetsmarknadens marknadsanpassning: Lönebildningen och det gemensamma intresset

Erik Bengtsson
(2023) Marknadens tid: Mellan folkhemskapitalism och nyliberalism , p.124-144
Kapitel samlingsverk

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

Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2023) Explorations in Economic History
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Erik Bengtsson
(2022) Historisk Tidskrift, 142 p.129-131
Recension av bok/film/utställning etc.

Mercantilist Inequality: Wealth and Poverty in Stockholm 1650–1750

Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2022) Economic History Review, 75 p.157-180
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Agrarian politics in Sweden, c. 1850-1950

Erik Bengtsson, Josefin Hägglund
(2022) CORN Publication Series , p.293-312
Kapitel samlingsverk

Svensk landsbygdspolitik mellan EU och klassrummet. Introduktion till avsnittets texter

Erik Bengtsson, Charlotte Fridolfsson
(2022) Fronesis
Artikel i dags- eller nyhetstidning

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

Erik Bengtsson, Jakob Molinder
(2022) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

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

Erik Bengtsson
(2022) Social History, 47
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Income 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Erik Bengtsson
(2022) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

Does 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 paper

What 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 paper

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

Erik Bengtsson
(2021) Lund Papers in Economic History
Working paper

Wages, 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Carolina Uppenberg, Erik Bengtsson
(2020) Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek , p.42-49
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The 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
Kapitel samlingsverk

Ekonomisk ojämlikhet

Erik Bengtsson, Daniel Waldenström
(2020) Vad är ekonomisk historia?
Kapitel samlingsverk

Världens jämlikaste land?

Erik Bengtsson
(2020)
Bok

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

Erik Bengtsson
(2020) Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek, 173-174 p.78-83
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Erik Bengtsson, Enrico Rubolino, Daniel Waldenström
(2020) WID.world Working Papers
Working paper

The 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 paper

Financial effects in historic consumption and investment functions

Engelbert Stockhammer, Erik Bengtsson
(2020) International Review of Applied Economics, 34 p.304-326
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Diego Castañeda Garza, Erik Bengtsson
(2020) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper

Peasant 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Aristocratic 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Unequal 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Financial effects in historic consumption and investment functions

Engelbert Stockhammer, Erik Bengtsson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper

The Origins of the Swedish Wage Bargaining Model

Erik Bengtsson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. Education and the Labour Market
Working paper

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

Erik Bengtsson, Patrick Svensson
(2019) Rural History, 30 p.129-145
Översiktsartikel

Mercantilist Inequality : Wealth and Poverty in Stockholm 1650-1750

Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2019) 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Reconsidering the Role of Farmer Politics in Swedish Democratization

Erik Bengtsson
(2019) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper

The 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 paper

Wages, income distribution and economic growth in Scandinavia

Erik Bengtsson, Engelbert Stockhammer
(2018) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper

The 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 paper

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

Erik Bengtsson, Mats Olsson
(2018) Lund Papers in Economic History. General Issues
Working paper

Capital Shares and Income Inequality: Evidence from the Long Run

Erik Bengtsson, Daniel Waldenström
(2018) Journal of Economic History, 78 p.712-743
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Wealth inequality in Sweden 1750–1900

Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2018) Economic History Review, 71 p.772-794
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

What 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
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The 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 paper

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

Erik Bengtsson
(2017) Investigaciones de Historia Economica, 13 p.180-189
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

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

Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson
(2016)
Konferenspaper, ej i proceeding/ej förlagsutgivet

Inequality in the long run : Finland and Sweden 1750–1900

Mats Olsson, Erik Bengtsson, Anna Missiaia, Ilkka Nummela
(2016)
Konferenspaper, ej i proceeding/ej förlagsutgivet

"Märkets" förhistoria : Så började industrins ledande roll i lönebildningen

Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek, 2016 p.47-54
Artikel i facktidskrift eller populärpress

Den heterodoxa nationalekonomins materiella förutsättningar

Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Fronesis , p.161-166
Artikel i facktidskrift eller populärpress

Recension av Den blå handen : Om Stockholms färgare 1650-1900 av Eva Bergström

Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Historisk Tidskrift, 2016 p.113-115
Recension av bok/film/utställning etc.

Makt, löner och inkomstfördelning : Reflektioner om forskningsläget och vägen framåt

Erik Bengtsson
(2016) Makt och inflytande i arbetslivet , p.34–59
Kapitel samlingsverk

The 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 paper

Capital Shares and Income Inequality: Evidence from the Long Run

Erik Bengtsson, Daniel Waldenström
(2016) European Historical Economics Society Working Paper Series
Working paper

Inequality 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 paper

Wage restraint in Scandinavia: during the postwar period or the neoliberal age?

Erik Bengtsson
(2015) European Review of Economic History, 19 p.359-381
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

Wealth inequality in Sweden 1750–1900

Mats Olsson, Patrick Svensson, Anna Missiaia, Erik Bengtsson
(2015)
Konferenspaper, ej i proceeding/ej förlagsutgivet

Lohnzurückhaltung und Lohnmilitanz: Belgien, Deutschland und die Niederlande, 1950–2010

Erik Bengtsson
(2015) WSI-Mitteilungen, 67 p.272-279
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift

The (International) Political Economy of Falling Wage Shares: Situating Working-Class Agency

Erik Bengtsson, Magnus Ryner
(2015) New Political Economy, 20 p.406-430
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift