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Developments in the Swedish Early Retirement Scheme: The Drive Against High Welfare Expenditure and Ill-health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2009

Bo Carlsson
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Abstract

The social insurance system has been an important element in the Swedish welfare model. However, in Sweden as in other Western countries there is an ongoing discussion about the rationality of the post-1940 welfare state. A social right or benefit constantly debated is the right to an early retirement pension. The value of such an early retirement pension has been questioned from economical as well as social or human points of view. The purpose of this article is to shed light on different processes behind the increasing number of early retirement pensioners and on the ongoing rehabilitation programmes in Sweden. A question that will arise: Is there a possible margin of gains from the interventions of the rehabilitation programme?

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 193 - 217
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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