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EXITS FROM LONG-TERM SICKNESS IN SWEDEN
(2001)
In this paper, we analyze exits from long-term sickness spells in Sweden. Using spell data for more than 2500 people, aged 20-64 years during 1986-1991, and who had at least one sickness spell of at least 60 days during ...
Assessing the Employment Effects of Labor Market Training Programs in Sweden
(2002)
Several studies have examined the effects of training programs on employment. Most of
them assume that the effects of training are constant for all potential trainees. We use an
econometric framework that allows studying ...
THE EFFECT OF SICKNESS ON EARNINGS
(2001)
The question addressed in this paper is whether sickness history affects annual earnings
and hourly wages in Sweden. If poor health makes people less productive, we expect to
find a negative effect of previous health ...
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 ...
What contributes to life satisfaction in transitional Romania?
(2003)
This paper analyzes life satisfaction in Romania in 2001, 12 years after the collapse of
communism and the beginning of the transition into a market economy. Using a survey
of 1770 individuals, we find that our results ...
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. ...