Andreas Bergh is associate professor in Economics at Lund university and fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm.
His research concerns the welfare state, institutions, development, globalization, trust and social norms.
He has published in journals such as European Economic Review, World Development, European Sociological Review and Public Choice. He is the author of 'Sweden and the revival of the capitalist welfare state" (Edward Elgar, 2014).
Bergh, A., and Henrekson, M. (2011). Government size and growth: a survey and interpretation of the evidence. Journal of Economic Surveys.
Bergh, A. and T. Nilsson (2010). "Good for living? On the relation between globalization and life expectancy." World Development 38(9): 1191-1204.
Bergh, Andreas and Günther Fink. 2008. "Higher Education Policy, Enrollment, and Income Inequality." Social Science Quarterly 89:217-235.
Bergh, Andreas and Therese Nilsson. 2010. "Do liberalization and globalization increase income inequality?" European Journal of Political Economy 26:488-505.
Bergh, A., and Bjørnskov, C. (2011). Historical trust levels predict the current size if the welfare state. Kyklos, 64:1-19.
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 88 Issue 4, Pages 883 - 885
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Bergh, A., and Karlsson, M. (2010). Government size and growth: Accounting for economic freedom and globalization. Public Choice, 142, 195-213.
Bergh, Andreas. 2004. "The Universal Welfare State: Theory and the Case of Sweden." Political Studies 52:745-766.
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