Workplace, Human Capital and Ethnic Determinants of Sickness Absence in Sweden, 1993–2001

Tommy Bengtsson (tommy.bengtsson@ekh.lu.se) and Kirk Scott (kirk.scott@ekh.lu.se)
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Tommy Bengtsson: Lund University
Kirk Scott: Lund University

No 3672, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study charts the differences between the sickness absence of immigrants and Swedes during a period when a flourishing labour market in the beginning of the 1990s turned into a tense and problematic one. We consider not only human capital factors for various immigrant groups and natives, but also workplace conditions and macro level factors. Using register based information on 100,000 individuals for the period 1992-2001, we find large differences in sickness absence between natives and several immigrant groups and that these differences persist after controlling for human capital, workplace factors, and macro economic factors.

Keywords: immigration; health; sickness benefits; labour market; integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J21 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2008-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hrm, nep-lab and nep-mig
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