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The main policy lesson learned from this study is that if interest is in reducing the
inflow to DB for individuals with a capacity to work, the screening and monitoring of
eligibility for DB should be taken in isolation from the process of assessing individuals’
needs of vocational rehabilitation. Hence, the suggestion by Autor and Duggan (2010) of
increasing employer responsibility and early intervention at the workplace together with
an independent screening by, e.g., the SIA of eligibility of DB could be useful measures in
reducing the inflow to DB, at least in Sweden.
