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dc.contributor.authorAndrén, Danielaswe
dc.date.accessioned2004-08-31swe
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-09T11:15:28Z
dc.date.available2007-02-09T11:15:28Z
dc.date.issued2004swe
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465swe
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/2778
dc.description.abstractUsing a sample of 2,789 Swedish residents on working age, this paper analyzes long-term absences from work due to sickness. The database contains all compensated sickness spells in the period January 1986 to December 1991. Earlier studies of work absence due to sickness did not analyze multiple spells of sickness. Moreover, such data requires estimation techniques that were not often used in the previous studies. The analysis is performed using mixed proportional hazard models. The results show that the loss of earnings reduced length of absence, while high regional unemployment increased it. There was more heterogeneity among diagnosis-groups and individual-groups than among regions as groups.swe
dc.format.extent31 pagesswe
dc.format.extent354665 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoenswe
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economics, nr 137swe
dc.subjectlong-term sicknessswe
dc.subjectabsenteeismswe
dc.subjectmultiple spellsswe
dc.subjectunobserved heterogeneity.swe
dc.titleWHY ARE THE SICKNESS ABSENCES SO LONG IN SWEDENswe
dc.type.svepReportswe
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economicsswe
dc.gup.originGöteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Lawswe
dc.gup.epcid3832swe
dc.subject.svepEconomicsswe


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