This study charts the differences between the sickness absence of immigrants and Swedes during a period when a flourishing labour market in the beginning of the 1990s turned into a tense and problematic one. We consider not only human capital factors for various immigrant groups and natives, but...

Die volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten des Gesundheitswesens werden durch die Inanspruchnahme von Gesundheitsdienstleistungen im Verhältnis zum BIP gemessen. Aber auch der durch Krankheit bedingte Arbeitsausfall führt zu einer geringeren Höhe des BIP. Der Produktionsausfall durch Krankheit erreicht...

Sweden’s single biggest economic problem is the high number of people absent from work due to sickness or disability. This paper describes the problem and looks at what other countries have done to reduce absenteeism. It emphasises a mutual obligations approach to sickness insurance. This...