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How to reduce sickness absences in Sweden: lessons from international experience

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23-Sep-2005

David Rae

Sweden’s single biggest economic problem is the high number of people absent from work due to sickness or disability. This paper looks at what can be done to reduce absenteeism. Economics Department Working Paper 442.

Sweden - Phase 2: Report on Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

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22-Sep-2005

Evaluation by the OECD Working Group on Bribery of the application in practice of its laws against the bribery of foreign public officials in Sweden.

Evaluating Public Participation in Policy Making

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31-Aug-2005

This report offers strategic guidance for policy makers and government officials responsible for commissioning and using evaluations of public engagement. It provides an indication of the key issues for consideration and offers concrete examples drawn from current practice in 8 OECD countries.

Global scientific research project launched to improve understanding of the human brain

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11-Aug-2005

Seven member countries of the OECD’s Global Science Forum have launched a project to promote international collaboration among scientists and create new ways of sharing and analysing data to improve our understanding of how the human brain works.

The Legal Framework for Budget Systems: An International Comparison (OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 4, Number 3)

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01-Jul-2005

Ian Lienert and Moo-Kyung Jung

The legal basis for budget processes and budget actors varies enormously across OECD countries. For example, the United States has a dozen major laws to support federal government budget processes, ...

Innovation Policy and Performance: A Cross-Country Comparison

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20-Jun-2005

This book studies the relationship between innovation policy and performance in Austria, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. In-depth analyses review the effectiveness of their innovation policies in driving economic performance.

Economic Survey of Sweden 2005

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09-Jun-2005

The underlying economy of Sweden is sound, so the main economic challenge is a long-term one: to maintain the core of the welfare system in the face of some large financial pressures. Boosting labour supply ...

Economic Survey of Sweden 2005: Improving quality and value for money in healthcare

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09-Jun-2005

Swedes can be pleased with their healthcare system. It provides high quality care, is relatively well funded and is managed in fairly efficient and innovative ways. But some reforms are needed to cope with the changing demands that are being placed on healthcare systems worldwide.

Economic Survey of Sweden 2005: Raising hours worked

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09-Jun-2005

Although labour force participation is high, it can be raised further – especially by increasing hours of work, getting young people through the educational system faster, improving the integration of immigrants and reducing incentives to early retirement.

Economic Review of Sweden 2005: Best practice for reducing sickness and disability absences

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09-Jun-2005

Sweden’s single biggest economic problem is the high number of people absent from work due to sickness or disability. This chapter describes the problem and looks at what other countries have done to reduce absenteeism.