Urban–rural population changes and spatial inequalities in Sweden

Summary, in English

This paper documents regional population changes in Sweden since 1860 and investigates how these changes link to regional economic development (regional GDP). We combine long-term decade population data for the historical counties (1860–2020) with detailed annual population observations for municipalities (1968–2021). As industrialization picked up speed, this benefited regions all around the country in terms of production, at the same time as regional population patterns started to diverge. After a slowdown in the regional GDP convergence processes during the low-growth period of the 1980s, ‘double divergence,’ in both population and regional GDP per capita, has characterized Swedish growth patterns since the 1990s.

• Författare: Martin Henning; Hans Westlund; Kerstin Enflo
• Avdelning/ar: Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; Tillväxt, teknologisk förändring och ojämlikhet
• Publiceringsår: 2023
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 878-892
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Regional Science Policy and Practice
• Volym: 15
• Issue: 4
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rsp3.12602
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
• Ämne: Economic History
• Nyckelord: population; regional GDP; regional growth; spatial inequalities; N94; R11
• Aktiv: Published
• Projekt: Svensk regional utveckling och omvandling: dåtid, nutid och framtid
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1757-7802