Björn Anders Gustafsson

Research Fellow

Göteborg University

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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.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9018
Are China's Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Move?
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Xiuna Yang
published in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2015, 56 (1), 44-69
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8595
Mapping and Understanding Ethnic Disparities in Length of Schooling: The Case of Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2015, 124 (2), 517-535.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8244
Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato
published in China Economic Review, 2014, 30, 419-431
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8241
Yuan and Roubles: Comparing Wage Determination in Urban China and Russia at the Beginning of the New Millennium
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Ludmila Nivorozhkina, Haiyuan Wan
published in: China Economic Review, 2015, 35, 248-265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7970
Why Is There No Income Gap Between the Hui Muslim Minority and the Han Majority in Rural Ningxia, China?
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: China Quarterly, 2014, 220 (220), 968-987
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6907
Intergenerational Income Persistency in Urban China
Deng Quheng, Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2013, 59 (3), 416-436
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6129
Disparities in Social Assistance Receipt between Immigrants and Natives in Sweden
Björn Anders Gustafsson
shorter version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 126-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5929
Economic Growth and Child Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh and China
Syeda Shahanara Begum, Deng Quheng, Björn Anders Gustafsson
published in: Journal of Asian Economics, 2012, 23 (1), 73 - 85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5383
Why Are Household Incomes More Unequally Distributed in China than in Russia?
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Shi Li, Ludmila Nivorozhkina
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2011, 35 (5), 897-920
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4881
Neighbourhood Child Poverty in Sweden
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Torun Österberg
published in: Peter Saunders and Roy Sainsbury (eds.), Social Security, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich and Poorer Countries. International Studies on Social Security volume 16, Intersentia Publishing, 2010
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