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...

Suchtprobleme durch den Konsum von Alkohol, Medikamenten, Nikotin oder illegalen Drogen spielen in der Arbeitswelt eine größere Rolle als oft angenommen. Schätzungen gehen davon aus, dass bis zu 10 Prozent aller Beschäftigten Suchtmittel in missbräuchlicher Weise konsumieren vor allem...

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...