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Business & Money: 6 Nov 12
Overweight jobseekers have a hard time finding work in Sweden, new research shows, with potential employers often ruling out tubby candidates over concerns about their productivity.
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Education: 31 Oct 12
Having more publicly-funded, privately-managed free schools leads to better student performance in Swedish municipalities, even for children that attend regular public schools, a new study has found.
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Business & Money: 18 Oct 12
Swedish mothers stay home with sick children more often than fathers do, leading to a huge gap in leave days and prompting a government inquiry to combat the problem.
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Business & Money: 30 Nov 10
Even as unemployment in Sweden hovers around eight percent, a recent government study found no major faults with the country's current labour market policies.
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Business & Money: 13 Apr 10
Women whose partners take a greater share of parental leave stand to benefit by enjoying higher earnings when resuming work, a new study shows.
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National: 8 Dec 09
Having a university degree is no guarantee for immigrants hoping to succeed in the Swedish labour market, a new study shows.
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Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes.
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Business & Money: 13 Mar 08
One in four unemployed Swedes lie to the Public Employment Service about having applied for positions recommended to them by the agency.
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Society: 23 Nov 07
Men's careers blossom when they become fathers. The same cannot be said for mothers, a new study has found.
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Society: 26 Sep 06
Fraudulent claims of financial support for the care of sick children are more widescale than previously thought, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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National: 9 Dec 05
Sweden's job market looks very different for a Briton than it does for a Somalian. Whereas only 13 percent of Somalians had a job, 57 percent of Brits did. And Americans were trailing on 43 percent.
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"BANG!!!! BANG!!!! BANG!!! In the midst of the Stanley Cup’s Eastern Conference semifinals series, every Bostonian knows it is all about Bruins ice hockey. Oh right. I am in Sweden, home of the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation GOLD Champions. And there is certainly no doubt ice hockey fever has taken over Sweden. A lot of Swedes,..." READ »