Table A3. Examples of reforms and...

Table A3.

Examples of reforms and policies affecting women entrepreneurs in Sweden

Before 1990	1990s		2000s		2010s
Deregulation of capital controls, changes in the tax system to increase work-incentives and autonomy granted to central bank ^a	School voucher system introduced in 1992 ^b	State-owned businesses in banking, forestry and pharmaceuticals sold ^c	State-owned businesses in railways, telecommunications and public real estate sold ^d	Introduction of the customer-choice system in the public sector (including e.g. elderly care) ^e	Implementation of customer-choice in increasing numbers of municipalities
	Outsourcing and partial marketisation of publicly funded services, starting with cleaning and catering		Cuts in social welfare ^f		Focus on entrepreneurship in schools ^g

Before 1990	1990s		2000s		2010s
Deregulation of capital controls, changes in the tax system to increase work-incentives and autonomy granted to central bank ^a	School voucher system introduced in 1992 ^b	State-owned businesses in banking, forestry and pharmaceuticals sold ^c	State-owned businesses in railways, telecommunications and public real estate sold ^d	Introduction of the customer-choice system in the public sector (including e.g. elderly care) ^e	Implementation of customer-choice in increasing numbers of municipalities
	Outsourcing and partial marketisation of publicly funded services, starting with cleaning and catering		Cuts in social welfare ^f		Focus on entrepreneurship in schools ^g

Notes: ^aThese were small steps and happened under the Social Democratic government and the Minister of Finance, Kjell-Olof Feldt. (Bergqvist and Lindbom, 2003). ^bSOU (1992:38). ^cGratzer et al. (2010), Sundin and Rapp, (2006), Swedish Public Procurement Act SFS (1992:1528). ^dGratzer et al. (2010). ^eSundin and Tillmar (2010). ^fGinsburg and Rosenthal (2006), SOU (2008). ^gBerglund (2013)

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