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acceptance level towards alternative income sources. Empirical findings on
the UI system confirm pre-intervention behavioral effects, both before
program activities (see for instance Black et al, 2003 and Dolton & O’Neill,
1996), and at benefit expiration (see for instance Carling et al, 1996 and
Meyer, 1990).
The paper unfolds as follows. The next section outlines the background of
the reforms, describing sickness absence in Sweden over time. The
following section outlines the Swedish SI system and the details of the
rehabilitation chain. Section 4 describes the data and section 5 specifies the
empirical model and presents the results of the estimations. Section 6
finally sums up the findings.
