Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82296 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2012:2
Publisher: 
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala
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.
Subjects: 
Vocational rehabilitation
Privatisation
Field experiment
JEL: 
J14
J68
L33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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