About the Author

Inga Persson is Professor of Economics at Lund University, Sweden. She holds a chair in the Economics of Gender and has published on labor market policy, unemployment, the welfare state and the economic position of women. Her publications include Generating Equality in the Welfare State: The Swedish Experience (1990).,
Christina Jonung is a University Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Lund University, Sweden. Her research has concerned the economic position of women in Sweden and gender equality policies.