Jan Helmdag
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Jan Helmdag
@janhelmdag.bsky.social
Assistant prof @sofi.su.se & managing director of Social Policy Indicators (SPIN). Working on tax and social policy; political economy. Visiting researcher @dspi-oxford.bsky.social during Trinity term '25.
Excited to share that I'm visiting the DSPI @dspi-oxford.bsky.social at the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk during Trinity term! Looking forward to engaging with researchers at DSPI and exchanging ideas. Many thanks to Kenneth Nelson for the invitation. Feel free to reach out to me if you’re around!
April 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is straight out of this book. It even says Dick on the cover.
January 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Some personal news: I bought a house and can now enjoy all the (in)direct subsidies that Swedish homeowners get 🏡☺️
December 24, 2024 at 5:25 PM
This update is part of a more broader strategy in which we will provide updates every year to make sure to provide up-to-date data. The next big update for SIED we’re planning (and already working on) will extend the timeframe to 1980–2024 and then later from 1960–2025. 📝
December 5, 2024 at 5:50 PM
For the first time, the Social Insurance Entitlements dataset (SIED) includes annual data, which is a huge departure from the five-year intervals that we provided before. These examples for different benefits nicely illustrate the annual variation in the data. 📈📉📈
December 5, 2024 at 5:50 PM
New SPIN update with ANNUAL data 🔥

I’m very proud to announce a new update for the Social Insurance Entitlements dataset (SIED) that includes annual data on replacement rates for unemployment, sickness, accident, and old-age benefits for 37 countries from 2000 to 2023.

www.su.se/social-polic...
December 5, 2024 at 5:50 PM