Why Are The Sickness Absences So Long In Sweden
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Keywords
long-term sickness; absenteeism; multiple spells; unobserved heterogeneity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2004-09-05 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2004-09-05 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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