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Early interventions and disability insurance: Experience from a field experiment
Engström, Per; Hägglund, Pathric; Johansson, Per - 2012
This paper estimates the effects of early interventions in the Swedish sickness insurance system. The aim of the interventions is to screen and, further to, rehabilitate sick listed individuals. We find that the early interventions - in contrast to what is expected - increase the inflow into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321123
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Does privatisation of vocational rehabilitation improve labour market opportunities? Evidence from a field experiment in Sweden
Jönsson, Lisa; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - 2012
This paper analyses if privatisation of vocational rehabilitation can improve labour market opportunities for … Agency in Sweden during 2008 to 2010, in which over 4,000 participants were randomly offered private and public … rehabilitation. We find no differences in employment rates following rehabilitation between individuals who received rehabilitation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321163
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Impact of Preventive Health Care on Indian Industry and Economy
Chadha, Alka; Mehdi, Ali; Malik, Garima - 2007
In this study, the authors have tried to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate profitability. While doing so, they try to generate awareness on the positive role of preventive health care in boosting the corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807605
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Businesses, buddies and babies: Social ties and fertility at work
Hensvik, Lena; Nilsson, Peter - 2010
panel data for Sweden we show that female individual fertility increases if a co-worker recently had a child. The timing of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273970
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LINDA - Longitudinal INdividual DAta for Sweden
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2000
This paper presents LINDA - a register-based longitudinal data set for Sweden. LINDA consists of a large panel of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321802
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Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Swedish Household Data
Andersson, Björn - 2001
This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321812
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The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968 - 2000: A family affair?
Bygren, Magnus; Gähler, Michael - 2007
We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317967
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On the role of capital gains in Swedish income inequality
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2011
Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321442
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Demystifying the challenges of low-income housing delivery in urban India: The case of Delhi
Haque, Ismail; Kotal, Malay - 2022
Increased urbanisation poses serious challenges to adequate housing in the cities of the Global South. Many have focused on the issues of access to serviced land, housing finance, and public subsidy in augmenting the supply of low-income affordable housing while ignoring the criticality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540928
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Securing compliance: Some lessons for EU strategy on occupational health and safety
Walters, David; Johnstone, Richard; Bluff, Elizabeth; … - 2021
This paper discusses findings from a review of recent literature on support for securing compliance and better practice in occupational safety and health (OSH) in the changing world of work in advanced market economies. It explores innovative responses of regulators and private actors to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565835