Description
Public policy is the principled guide to action taken by the administrative executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs.
Assessing the effect of public policy on worker absenteeism
Per Johansson Mårten Palme
WORKING PAPER 2002:13
The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) is a research institute under the Swedish Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications, situated in Uppsala. IFAU’s objective is to promote, support and carry out: evaluations of the effects of labour market policies, studies of the functioning of the labour market and evaluations of the labour market effects of measures within the educational system. Besides research, IFAU also works on: spreading knowledge about the activities of the institute through publications, seminars, courses, workshops and conferences; creating a library of Swedish evaluational studies; influencing the collection of data and making data easily available to researchers all over the country. IFAU also provides funding for research projects within its areas of interest. There are two fixed dates for applications every year: April 1 and November 1. Since the researchers at IFAU are mainly economists, researchers from other disciplines are encouraged to apply for funding. IFAU is run by a Director-General. The authority has a traditional board, consisting of a chairman, the Director-General and eight other members. The tasks of the board are, among other things, to make decisions about external grants and give its views on the activities at IFAU. Reference groups including representatives for employers and employees as well as the ministries and authorities concerned are also connected to the institute. Postal address: P.O. Box 513, 751 20 Uppsala Visiting address: Kyrkogårdsgatan 6, Uppsala Phone: +46 18 471 70 70 Fax: +46 18 471 70 71 [email protected] www.ifau.se
This Working Paper is reprinted from the Journal of Human Resources (2002), Vol 37:2, pp 381–409. Permission to reprint it was granted by the University of Wisconsin Press 3 June 2002. The purpose of the Working Paper Series is to provide a factual basis for public policy and the public policy discussion.
ISSN 1651-1166
Publication series published by the Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)– latest issues
Rapport (some of the reports are written in English) 2002:1 2002:2 2002:3 Hemström Maria & Sara Martinson ”Att följa upp och utvärdera arbetsmarknadspolitiska program” Fröberg Daniela & Kristian Persson ”Genomförandet av aktivitetsgarantin” Ackum Agell Susanne, Anders Forslund, Maria Hemström, Oskar Nordström Skans, Caroline Runeson & Björn Öckert “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations on labour market policies” Åslund Olof & Caroline Runeson “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations for integrating immigrants into the labour market” Fredriksson Peter & Caroline Runeson “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations on the tax and benefit systems” Sundström Marianne & Caroline Runeson “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations on equal opportunities” Ericson Thomas ”Individuellt kompetenssparande: undanträngning eller komplement?” Calmfors Lars, Anders Forslund & Maria Hemström ”Vad vet vi om den svenska arbetsmarknadspolitikens sysselsättningseffekter?” Harkman Anders ”Vilka motiv styr deltagandet i arbetsmarknadspolitiska program?”
2002:4 2002:5 2002:6 2002:7 2002:8 2002:9
Working Paper 2002:1 2002:2 2002:3 2002:4 2002:5 2002:6 Blundell Richard & Costas Meghir “Active labour market policy vs employment tax credits: lessons from recent UK reforms” Carneiro Pedro, Karsten T Hansen & James J Heckman “Removing the veil of ignorance in assessing the distributional impacts of social policies” Johansson Kerstin “Do labor market programs affect labor force participation?” Calmfors Lars, Anders Forslund & Maria Hemström “Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences” Sianesi Barbara “Differential effects of Swedish active labour market programmes for unemployed adults during the 1990s” Larsson Laura “Sick of being unemployed? Interactions between unemployment and sickness insurance in Sweden”
2002:7 2002:8
Sacklén Hans “An evaluation of the Swedish trainee replacement schemes” Richardson Katarina & Gerard J van den Berg “The effect of vocational employment training on the individual transition rate from unemployment to work” Johansson Kerstin “Labor market programs, the discouraged-worker effect, and labor force participation”
2002:9
2002:10 Carling Kenneth & Laura Larsson “Does early intervention help the unemployed youth?” 2002:11 Nordström Skans Oskar “Age effects in Swedish local labour markets” 2002:12 Agell Jonas & Helge Bennmarker “Wage policy and endogenous wage rigidity: a representative view from the inside” 2002:13 Johansson Per & Mårten Palme “Assessing the effect of public policy on worker absenteeism”
doc_292840127.pdf
Public policy is the principled guide to action taken by the administrative executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs.
Assessing the effect of public policy on worker absenteeism
Per Johansson Mårten Palme
WORKING PAPER 2002:13
The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) is a research institute under the Swedish Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications, situated in Uppsala. IFAU’s objective is to promote, support and carry out: evaluations of the effects of labour market policies, studies of the functioning of the labour market and evaluations of the labour market effects of measures within the educational system. Besides research, IFAU also works on: spreading knowledge about the activities of the institute through publications, seminars, courses, workshops and conferences; creating a library of Swedish evaluational studies; influencing the collection of data and making data easily available to researchers all over the country. IFAU also provides funding for research projects within its areas of interest. There are two fixed dates for applications every year: April 1 and November 1. Since the researchers at IFAU are mainly economists, researchers from other disciplines are encouraged to apply for funding. IFAU is run by a Director-General. The authority has a traditional board, consisting of a chairman, the Director-General and eight other members. The tasks of the board are, among other things, to make decisions about external grants and give its views on the activities at IFAU. Reference groups including representatives for employers and employees as well as the ministries and authorities concerned are also connected to the institute. Postal address: P.O. Box 513, 751 20 Uppsala Visiting address: Kyrkogårdsgatan 6, Uppsala Phone: +46 18 471 70 70 Fax: +46 18 471 70 71 [email protected] www.ifau.se
This Working Paper is reprinted from the Journal of Human Resources (2002), Vol 37:2, pp 381–409. Permission to reprint it was granted by the University of Wisconsin Press 3 June 2002. The purpose of the Working Paper Series is to provide a factual basis for public policy and the public policy discussion.
ISSN 1651-1166
Publication series published by the Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)– latest issues
Rapport (some of the reports are written in English) 2002:1 2002:2 2002:3 Hemström Maria & Sara Martinson ”Att följa upp och utvärdera arbetsmarknadspolitiska program” Fröberg Daniela & Kristian Persson ”Genomförandet av aktivitetsgarantin” Ackum Agell Susanne, Anders Forslund, Maria Hemström, Oskar Nordström Skans, Caroline Runeson & Björn Öckert “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations on labour market policies” Åslund Olof & Caroline Runeson “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations for integrating immigrants into the labour market” Fredriksson Peter & Caroline Runeson “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations on the tax and benefit systems” Sundström Marianne & Caroline Runeson “Follow-up of EU’s recommendations on equal opportunities” Ericson Thomas ”Individuellt kompetenssparande: undanträngning eller komplement?” Calmfors Lars, Anders Forslund & Maria Hemström ”Vad vet vi om den svenska arbetsmarknadspolitikens sysselsättningseffekter?” Harkman Anders ”Vilka motiv styr deltagandet i arbetsmarknadspolitiska program?”
2002:4 2002:5 2002:6 2002:7 2002:8 2002:9
Working Paper 2002:1 2002:2 2002:3 2002:4 2002:5 2002:6 Blundell Richard & Costas Meghir “Active labour market policy vs employment tax credits: lessons from recent UK reforms” Carneiro Pedro, Karsten T Hansen & James J Heckman “Removing the veil of ignorance in assessing the distributional impacts of social policies” Johansson Kerstin “Do labor market programs affect labor force participation?” Calmfors Lars, Anders Forslund & Maria Hemström “Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences” Sianesi Barbara “Differential effects of Swedish active labour market programmes for unemployed adults during the 1990s” Larsson Laura “Sick of being unemployed? Interactions between unemployment and sickness insurance in Sweden”
2002:7 2002:8
Sacklén Hans “An evaluation of the Swedish trainee replacement schemes” Richardson Katarina & Gerard J van den Berg “The effect of vocational employment training on the individual transition rate from unemployment to work” Johansson Kerstin “Labor market programs, the discouraged-worker effect, and labor force participation”
2002:9
2002:10 Carling Kenneth & Laura Larsson “Does early intervention help the unemployed youth?” 2002:11 Nordström Skans Oskar “Age effects in Swedish local labour markets” 2002:12 Agell Jonas & Helge Bennmarker “Wage policy and endogenous wage rigidity: a representative view from the inside” 2002:13 Johansson Per & Mårten Palme “Assessing the effect of public policy on worker absenteeism”
doc_292840127.pdf