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Svensk arbetsmarknad under två kriser (The Swedish labor market in two recessions)

Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011

”Svensk arbetsmarknad tycks trotsa tyngdlagen.” Så uttalade sig finansminister Anders Borg i början av juli 2010. Han pekade på att det dramatiska fallet i BNP i finanskrisens spår inte hade åtföljts av någon dramatisk minskning av sysselsättningen. I denna uppsats ges en...

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Workfare for the old and long-term unemployed

Bennmarker, Helge; Nordström Skans, Oskar; Vikman, Ulrika - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

We estimate the effects of conditioning benefits on program participation among older long-term unemployed workers. We exploit a Swedish reform which reduced UI duration from 90 to 60 weeks for a group of older unemployed workers in a setting where workers who ex-hausted their benefits received...

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Deltidsarbetslöshet och arbetslöshetsförsäkring i Sverige (Part-time unemployment and unemployment insurance in Sweden)

Ek, Susanne; Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2010

comprising persons in employment who (i) are willing to work additional hours, (ii) are available to work additional hours, and …

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Fattig, sjuk och arbetslös - en beskrivning av personer i kläm mellan stat och kommun.

Mörk, Eva; Liljeberg, Linus - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

I den här rapporten undersöker vi hur vanligt det är att personer vänder sig till flera instanser (Arbetsförmedlingen, Försäkringskassan och kommunernas socialtjänst) för att få sin försörjning. Detta ger en första bild av hur stort det potentiella problemet att systemen inte är...

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Unemployment Benefits in EU Member States

Palme, Joakim - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013

The background to this report is the growing variation between EU Member States' economic and social situation, which has been reinforced by the economic recession and subsequent fiscal consolidation measures. It is increasingly recognized that economic and social responses to the crisis will...

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Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment

Bennmarker, Helge; Grönqvist, Erik; Öckert, Björn - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

empirically assess the effectiveness of contracting out employment services to private placement agencies. Our results show that … Employment Service (PES); e.g., they receive more assistance in improving their job search technology. We do not find any overall … difference in the chances of finding employment between private placement agencies and the PES, but this hides important …

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Income receipt and mortality - Evidence from Swedish public sector employees

Andersson, Elvira; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014

In this paper, we study the short-run effect of salary receipt on mortality among Swedish public sector employees. By using data on variation in pay-days across work-places, we completely control for mortality patterns related to, for example, public holidays and other special days or events...

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Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start

Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral problems of its participants. We identify these impacts using discontinuities in the probability of participation induced by program eligibility rules. Our strategy allows us to...

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Austerity Measures and Infant Health. Lessons from an Unexpected Wage Cut Policy

Bejenariu, Simona; Mitrut, Andreea - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

We investigate the effects on health at birth of a shock generated by a major (25%) and unexpected wage cut austerity measure that affected all public sector employees in Romania in 2010. Our findings suggest an overall improvement in health at birth for boys exposed to the shock in early...

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Dynamic effects of mandatory activation of welfare participants

Persson, Anna; Vikman, Ulrika - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2010

Previous literature shows that activation requirements for welfare participants decrease welfare participation. However, the dynamics have not been examined, and often only exit eects are analyzed. In this paper, we look more closely at the transition rates into and out of welfare. Using...

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