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Björn Anders Gustafsson
Björn Anders Gustafsson
Research Fellow
Göteborg University
Bjorn.Gustafsson@socwork.gu.se External Homepage CV

Björn A. Gustafsson is senior professor at the department of Social Work, Göteborg University. He received his Ph.D. in economics in 1979 at the same university. Previously he was a senior lecturer in public economics at University College at Örebro. Gustafsson has been commissioned by many public authorities to write special reports or contribute to special reports.

Gustafsson's present research covers empirical studies on social assistance, poverty, the distribution of income and immigrants /ethnic minotiries. He has been involved in various comparative studies. One of his research interest the distribution of income and poverty in China.

Gustafsson has published in many journals including Ageing and Society, American Sociological Review, Asian Economic Journal, Cambridge Journal of Economics, China Quarterly, China Economic Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economics of Transition, European Economic Review, European Journal of Social Work, European Review of Economic History, International Journal of Manpower, International Journal of Social Welfare, Journal of Asian Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Development, Journal of Population Economics, Labour, Review of Income and Wealth, Scandinavian Journal of Economics and The Developing Economies.

Björn Gustafsson joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4857
If Seebohm Rowntree Had Studied Sweden: How Poverty Changed in the City of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Birgitta Jansson
published in: Scandinavian Economic History Review, 2010, 58 (3), 239-260
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4232
Immigrant Child Poverty in Scandinavia: A Panel Data Study
Taryn Ann Galloway, Björn Anders Gustafsson, Peder J. Pedersen, Torun Österberg
revised version published in: Thesia I Garner and Kathleen S Short (eds.): Measures of Poverty, Deprivation, and Economic Mobility (Research on Economic Inequality, 23), 2015, 185 - 219
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3843
Rank, Income and Income Inequality in Urban China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: China Economic Review, 2009, 20 (3), 497-507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3791
Temporary and Persistent Poverty among Ethnic Minorities and the Majority in Rural China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (s1), 588-606
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3248
Sweden's Pensioners: How They Have Fared in the Roller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and a Half of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Mats Johansson, Edward Palmer
revised version published as "The Welfare of Sweden's Old-age Pensioners in Times of Bust and Boom from 1990" in: Ageing and Society, 2009, 29 (4), 539-561
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3185
Economic and Ethnic Polarisation among Children in Sweden’s Three Metropolitan Areas
Danuta Biterman, Björn Anders Gustafsson, Torun Österberg
published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2008, 128 (1), 121 - 152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2758
Social Assistance Receipt and its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Deng Quheng
published in: Poverty and Public Policy, 2011, 3(1), Article 10
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2672
Top Incomes in Sweden during Three-Quarters of a Century: A Micro Data Approach
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Birgitta Jansson
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, 32 (6), 963-976
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2486
Rural People’s Perception of Poverty in China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ximing Yue
Revised version published as "Rural People's Perception of Income Adequacy in China" in: China Agricultural Economic Review, 2012, 4 (3), 264-280.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2418
Villages where China's Ethnic Minorities Live
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: China Economic Review, 2009, 20 (2), 193-207
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