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"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine". An analysis of multiple spells of sickness
(2008-03-06)
This paper analyzes the long-term sickness absences in Sweden using a longitudinal
database that contains all compensated sickness spells for 2,789 persons during
1986-1991. Given the political focus on the improved ...
First Exits from the Swedish Labor Market Due to Disability
(Springer, 2008)
Nowadays, with an increasingly aging population, an increasing size of the population on
disability benefits, and an implicitly lower level of economic output and foregone tax
revenue, disability has become a major public ...
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. ...