Browsing Working papers by Author "Andrén, Daniela"

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    • Assessing the Employment Effects of Labor Market Training Programs in Sweden 

      Andrén, Thomas; Andrén, Daniela (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 ...

    • EXITS FROM LONG-TERM SICKNESS IN SWEDEN 

      Andrén, Daniela (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 ...

    • FIRST EXITS FROM THE SWEDISH LABOR MARKET DUE TO DISABILITY 

      Andrén, Daniela (2001)
      The number of disability exits has been increasing in recent years, raising questions both about the well being of affected individuals, and about how to finance the related disability pensions. Using a longitudinal ...

    • LONG-TERM ABSENTEEISM DUE TO SICKNESS: THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE, 1986-1991 

      Andrén, Daniela (2001)
      Long-term absenteeism due to sickness has been increasing in the past two decades. This has raised many questions about causes, financing, and policy measures to prevent further increases. Answering these questions is ...

    • “Never on a Sunday”: Economic Incentives and Sick Leave in Sweden 

      Andrén, Daniela (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 ...

    • Occupational gender composition and wages in Romania: from planned equality to market inequality 

      Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas (2007-09-04)
      In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for more than 40 years, providing equal access to education and employment, and restricting pay differentiation based on gender. After its ...

    • Part-Time Sick Leave as a Treatment Method? 

      Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas (2008-10-09)
      This paper analyzes the effects of being on part-time sick leave compared to full-time sick leave on the probability of recovering (i.e., returning to work with full recovery of lost work capacity). Using a discrete ...

    • SHORT-TERM ABSENTEEISM DUE TO SICKNESS:THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE, 1986 - 1991 

      Andrén, Daniela (2001)
      The goal of this paper is to analyze short term-absences from work (i.e., periods of seven days or less) in Sweden during a period with two different reforms. As a theoretical model we use a utility-maximization framework ...

    • The Effect of Past Sickness on Current Earnings in Sweden 

      Palmer, Edward; Andrén, Daniela (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 ...

    • THE EFFECT OF SICKNESS ON EARNINGS 

      Palmer, Edward; Andrén, Daniela (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 ...

    • "To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine". An analysis of multiple spells of sickness 

      Andrén, Daniela (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 ...

    • What contributes to life satisfaction in transitional Romania? 

      Martinsson, Peter; Andrén, Daniela (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 

      Andrén, Daniela (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. ...