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The Effect of Past Sickness on Current Earnings in Sweden
(2004)
This paper examines whether sickness history affects annual earnings and/or hourly wages in Sweden, using a unique longitudinal database. If poor health makes people less productive, previous sickness is expected to have ...
“Never on a Sunday”: Economic Incentives and Sick Leave in Sweden
(2004)
Using a longitudinal data for about 1800 persons observed between 1986 and 1991, this study investigates the incentive effects on short-term sickness spells of two important regime changes in the social insurance system ...
WHY ARE THE SICKNESS ABSENCES SO LONG IN SWEDEN
(2004)
Using a sample of 2,789 Swedish residents on working age, this paper analyzes long-term absences from work due to sickness. The database
contains all compensated sickness spells in the period January 1986 to December 1991. ...