ABSTRACT
The Swedish economy has experienced many changes since the middle of the 1970s. Economic growth has slowed, both in itself and in comparison with many other industrialised countries. Sweden has therefore lost its high position in the ranking by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. This chapter investigates how economic poverty in Sweden has developed since the middle of the 1970s. The design of the study of the dynamics of poverty is outlined. The study focuses on families with children and the results show that the proportion of the poor in any one year escaping poverty in the next is larger in Sweden than in most other countries investigated. The chapter also discusses a breakdown which considers how much market work adult household members perform or alternatively if the household has pensions as the main source of income. It explains the relation between events and rates of entry into poverty, and the relation between the event of an exit from poverty.
