The Swedish welfare model is undergoing changes. This often refers to the extensive operational privatization of central welfare services that began in the early 1990s. But the financing of welfare has also changed to some extent. Among other things, this has taken place via various types of additional services in health care, education and care. At the same time, these additional services are a form of semi-private welfare solutions, as the consumer can reduce the private cost via tax deductions (gross salary deductions for private health insurance, Rut deductions in elderly care and to some extent education).

How has increased private and semi-private financing been made possible? What are the consequences for the welfare model in general? Does the design of additional services contribute to relieving or undermining the traditional welfare model? Is there a link between operational privatization and privatization of welfare financing?

The purpose of the research project is to study a certain type of change in the Swedish welfare model. First, it is about understanding and analyzing the relatively unexplored relationship between privatized operation and privatized financing of central welfare services. Secondly, it is about understanding and analyzing the social consequences of a welfare model that is increasingly based on privately financed welfare services. Thirdly, it is about being able to say something about where the Swedish welfare model is and where it is heading.