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"The labor market differs from other markets in many respects. Most important is that those who supply labor also have to deliver it in person. It means firstly that the work environment and organization of work are important for those who deliver labor, since they are in the work place. Secondly, the result of a person's work varies with the price of labor (remuneration) and how the work is organized. Thirdly, the definition of work or a job for an employed person is not fixed but dependent on the person. The paper firstly deals with economic models of labor supply, labor demand, labor remuneration and labor market information. The subsequent sections discuss complications regarding labor market transparency in the context of international migration and public policy and policy implications regarding labor market transparency. A final section concludes. "

"Sweden had a special partial pension scheme between 1976 and 2001. It was one of three part-time pension schemes in the social security system. The other two were a partial early old-age pension, and a partial disability pension. The special partial pension scheme became very popular with a high take-up rate and was criticized for being too expensive. As a part of the decision on the old age pension scheme in 1994, the partial pension scheme was made less generous, and the scheme was totally abolished from year 2001. The other two options for combining work and receiving a pension continue. In this paper the effect on the total number of hours worked of the subsidized part-time pension system is analysed. The analysis indicates that the effect that people continue to work part-time instead of taking an early exit route is larger than the effect that people who would have continued to work full-time until ordinary retirement age instead work part-time."

"The Swedish labour market and social policy is aimed at facilitating flexibility in the labour market. The active labour market policy and the design of the social security pension system are two frequently mentioned examples of that policy. This does not necessarily mean that all policy programs are in accordance with the goal of enhancing flexibility. In this paper we analyze one part of the social and occupational (collectively bargained) security system – the compensation at unemployment with special emphasis on the schemes complementing compensation from the unemployment insurance scheme. We focus on the effects of those systems on labour market flexibility. Some parts of these complementing systems support mobility and return to work after layoffs, other parts of the systems may lead to that workers avoid job mobility and to prolonged periods of unemployment. Of special interest is that those complementing systems differ between different sectors of the labour market and that many, especially young people, are not covered."

"La Suède est souvent considérée comme un pays précurseur en matière d'égalité des sexes. À partir de comparaisons internationales sur l'utilisation du temps et sur les écarts de salaires, l'article qui suit corrige cette image en montrant qu'on est encore loin du compte. Les nombreuses études faites dans le cadre du Livre blanc sur la répartition du pouvoir et des ressources économiques entre hommes et femmes illustrent l'existence d'inégalités persistantes sur le marché de l'emploi, et les raisons d'un tel constat. L'analyse porte plus particulièrement sur les phénomènes de ségrégation professionnelle horizontale et verticale, ainsi que sur les différences de rémunération et autres compensations liées à l'emploi. La division sexuelle du travail reste le facteur explicatif majeur des différences de situation économique que connaissent les hommes et les femmes en Suède."

"Wohlfahrtsstaaten haben soziale Sicherungssysteme, die verschiedene Formen des Einkommensverlustes kompensieren, zumindest partiell ausgleichen. Ausgleichszahlungen werden beispielsweise bei Einkommensverlusten im Krankheitsfall, bei Erwerbsunfähigkeit, Arbeitsunfällen und Arbeitslosigkeit sowie im Ruhestand gezahlt. Darüber hinaus kann es noch ergänzende, weitere Leistungen geben. Das ist zumindest in Ländern der Fall, die über umfassende wohlfahrtsstaatliche Systeme verfügen, wie beispielsweise Schweden oder Deutschland. Hier geht es um Schweden. In Schweden werden die wichtigsten Zusatzleistungen in Tarifvereinbarungen zwischen Gewerkschaften und Arbeitgeberorganisationen ausgehandelt. Zum Teil funktionieren diese Zusatzleistungen wie eine Versicherung, in anderen Fällen ist der Arbeitgeber bei Einkommensverlust zu Ausgleichszahlungen verpflichtet. Der Beitrag stellt sowohl die Lohnersatzleistungen des schwedischen Sozialversicherungssystems vor als auch die des vereinbarungsgebundenen Systems und diskutiert deren wichtigste Implikationen."

"This is a note on the immigrant representation in two forms of atypical employment in Sweden: self-employment and temporary agency work. The employment rate among non-western immigrants is substantially lower than among natives and using register data for the population in Sweden who were employed in 1999, we find that immigrants are over-represented in both these forms of atypical employment. Immigrants from Asia are over-represented in both forms of employment, whereas immigrants from South America are over-represented among temporary agency workers but underrepresented among the self-employed. These findings can be interpreted as an indication of that temporary agency work and self-employment are used as alternatives to regular employment by groups in which unemployment is high."