We study the anatomy of responses to a major activation programme targeted at unemployed youth, introduced in Sweden in … of health problems among individuals with poor labour market prospects. We use register data covering the entire Swedish … population, including very detailed information on health. …

the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the … historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of …

the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the … historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of …

The fear of unemployment has increased around the world in the wake of Covid-19. Research has shown that job insecurity … affects both mental and physical health, though the effects are lower when employees are easily re- employable. The … better health. But as job insecurity is felt by many more people than just the unemployed, the negative health effects during …

By international standards, unemployment in Sweden remained remarkably low throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. In the … early 1990s, however, the unemployment rate skyrocketed and hit double-digit levels. Unemployment remained high for several … the rise and fall of unemployment. It is argued that the steep rise in unemployment was mainly the result of a series of …