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Why don't employers hire long-term unemployed entitled to a wage subsidy?: The employer's perspective on subsidised employment
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics (NS).
Blekinge Instutute of Technology, Sweden.
2023 (English)In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, ISSN 0143-831X, E-ISSN 1461-7099, ISSN 0143-831X, Vol. 44, no 1, p. 161-183Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Abstract [en]

Despite a generous system with high wage subsidies for the long-term unemployed and newly arrived immigrants, many Swedish employers do not make use of this opportunity. This study seeks to increase knowledge of why some employers use the opportunity and others do not. Both register and survey data and combined register and survey data are used. One finding is that employers lack information about the subsidy programmes, although employers that had previously employed subsidised workers were much more likely to employ them in the future. Thus, a key policy question is how to present these subsidies to employers to reduce this barrier. The study also found that some employers hired people from these groups from altruistic motives. However, some employers responded that they would not employ a person entitled to a subsidy, regardless of the content of the subsidy scheme.

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Sage Publications, 2023. Vol. 44, no 1, p. 161-183
Keywords [en]
Employer perspective, recruitment, wage subsidies
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Economics
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Economy, Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-109494DOI: 10.1177/0143831X211064338ISI: 000736622100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85121813879OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-109494DiVA, id: diva2:1630174
Available from: 2022-01-19 Created: 2022-01-19 Last updated: 2023-07-06Bibliographically approved

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