How to reduce sickness absences in Sweden: lessons from international experience
Economics Department Working Paper 442.
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 means placing greater responsibilities on the sick person, the employer and the social insurance office to get that person back to work as soon as possible.
This Working Paper relates to the 2005 OECD Economic Survey of Sweden (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/sweden ).
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