Björn Anders Gustafsson

Research Fellow

Göteborg University

Bjorn.Gustafsson@socwork.gu.se

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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. 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.