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Does privatisation of vocational rehabilitation improve labour market opportunities ? Evidence from a field experiment in Sweden . 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 Public Employment Service and the Social Insurance Agency in Sweden during 2008-2010 , in which over 4000 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 .
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Intervention_Educational
privatisation of vocational rehabilitation
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Intervention_Educational
private and public rehabilitation
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Intervention_Educational
rehabilitation
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Outcome_Mental
employment rates
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Outcome_Other
average cost of rehabilitation
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Outcome_Other
efficiency gains
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Participant_Condition
sickness absence
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Participant_Sample-size
over 4000 participants
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Participant_Condition
public rehabilitation