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Huvudnavigering
The Government of Sweden
The Government of Sweden
Prime Minister's Office
Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister
Jessica Rosencrantz, Minister for EU Affairs
Ministry of Climate and Enterprise
Ebba Busch, Minister for Energy, Business and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister
Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister
Ministry of Culture
Parisa Liljestrand, Minister for Culture
Ministry of Defence
Pål Jonson, Minister for Defence
Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister for Civil Defence
Ministry of Education and Research
Simona Mohamsson, Minister for Education and Integration
Lotta Edholm, Minister for Upper Secondary School, Higher Education and Research
Ministry of Employment
Johan Britz, Minister for Employment and Acting Minister for Climate and the Environment
Nina Larsson, Minister for Gender Equality
Ministry of Finance
Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister for Finance
Erik Slottner, Minister for Public Administration
Niklas Wykman, Deputy Minister for Finance, Minister for Financial Markets
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Benjamin Dousa, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Jakob Forssmed, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health
Anna Tenje, Minister for Older People and Social Security
Camilla Waltersson Grönvall, Minister for Social Services
Elisabet Lann, Minister for Health Care
Ministry of Justice
Gunnar Strömmer, Minister for Justice
Johan Forssell, Minister for Migration
Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure
Peter Kullgren, Minister for Rural Affairs
Andreas Carlson, Minister for Infrastructure and Housing
Government policy in Sweden & the EU
The Government’s priorities
Statement of Government Policy
Statement of Government EU Policy
Statement of Foreign Policy
Central government budget
Sweden in the EU
Adult education
Care for older people
Central government administration
Children’s rights
Civil defence
Civil society and sport
Combating terrorism
Constitution of Sweden and personal privacy
Consumer affairs
Culture
Digital policy
Disabilities
Democracy and human rights
Economic policy
Education for children and young people
Efforts to counter exclusion
Emergency preparedness
Energy
Enterprise and industry
Environment and climate
Family law
Financial markets
Foreign and security policy
Gambling policy
Gender equality
Higher education, research and space
Housing and spatial planning
Innovation
International development cooperation
International law
Integration
Judicial system
Labour law and work environment
Labour market
Liberal adult education
Media
Medical care
Mental health and mental health care
Migration and asylum
Military defence
Municipalities and regions
Nordic affairs
Public health
Public procurement
Regional development
Rural affairs, agriculture and food production
Social insurance
Social services
State-owned enterprises
Student finance
Taxes and tariffs
Trade and investment promotion
Transport and infrastructure
Youth policy
Documents & publications
Information material
International development cooperation strategies
Legal documents
Reports
Swedish Treaty Series
How Sweden is governed
How Sweden is governed
The Swedish model of government administration
The Constitution
The principle of public access to official documents
General elections and referendums
Swedish legislation - how laws are made
Committees
Public agencies and how they are governed
State-owned enterprises
The office of Prime Minister in Sweden
Press & contacts
Press contacts
Government Offices press information officers
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press Office
Press releases
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Report from
Ministry of Finance
Swedish Economic Policy Review, Volume 11, No. 1 Sickness Absence
Reference No.: Volume 11, 2004
Published
01 January 2004
Updated
17 May 2015
Download:
Bertil Holmlund: Introduction (pdf 111 kB)
Mahmood Arai & Peter Skogman Thoursie: Sickness Absence: Worker and Establishment Effects (pdf 225 kB)
Comment by Kristina Alexandersson (pdf 96 kB)
Göran Broström, Per Johansson & Mårten Palme: Economic Incentives and Gender Differences in Work Absence Behavior (pdf 337 kB)
Tim Barmby, Marco Ercolani & John Treble: Sickness Absence in the UK 1984-2002 (pdf 290 kB)
Comment by Barry McCormick (pdf 144 kB)
Andrea Ichino & Regina Riphahn: Absenteeism and Employment Protection: Three Case Studies (pdf 219 kB)
Comment by Jan Erik Askildsen (pdf 118 kB)
Philip De Jong & Maarten Lindeboom: Privatisation of Sickness Insurance: Evidence from the Netherlands (pdf 271 kB)
Comment by Per Johansson (pdf 111 kB)
Laura Larsson: Harmonizing Unemployment and Sickness Insurance: Why (not)? (pdf 335 kB)