1 Employment outcome and predictors of competitive employment at two-year follow-up of a vocational rehabilitation program for individuals with schizophrenia in a high-income welfare society Stig Evensen 1 * Torill Ueland 1,2 , Associate Professor June Ullevoldsæter Lystad 1 Helen Bull 1 Ole Klungsøyr 1,3 , Senior scientist Egil W Martinsen 1,4 , Professor Erik Falkum 1,4 , Professor Word count: 3596 Word count abstract: 242 1 Department of Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 2 Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 3 Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 4 Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway *To whom correspondence should be addressed; Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Bygg 12, Gaustad Sykehus, PO Box 4956, Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway; tel: 47-45-43-28-85, e-mail: stig.evensen@medisin.uio.no