Does privatisation of vocational rehabilitation improve labour market opportunities? Evidence from a field experiment in Sweden

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2012:2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination ; Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy ; Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
• Subject: Vocational rehabilitation ; Privatisation ; Field experiment ; Rehabilitation ; Beschäftigungseffekt ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jönsson, Lisa ; Skogman Thoursie, Peter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/82296
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET