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IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy
No 2012:2:
Does privatisation of vocational rehabilitation improve labour market opportunities? Evidence from a field experiment in Sweden
Lisa Jönsson ()
and Peter Skogman Thoursie ()
Abstract: This paper analyses if privatisation of vocational
rehabilitation can improve labour market opportunities for individuals on
long-term sickness absence. We use a field experiment performed by the
Employment Service and the Social Insurance Agency in Sweden during 2008 to
2010, in which over 4,000 participants were randomly offered private and
public rehabilitation. We find no differences in employment rates following
rehabilitation between individuals who received rehabilitation by private
and public providers. Also the average cost of rehabilitation was
essentially equal for the two types of providers. This suggests that there
are no large efficiency gains from privatising vocational
rehabilitation.
Keywords: Vocational rehabilitation; Privatisation; Field experiment; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J14; J68; L33; (follow links to similar papers)
31 pages, January 25, 2012
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