Halla, Martin; Pech, Susanne; Zweimüller, Martina - 2017 - First version: May 2015
Social insurance programs typically comprise sick-leave insurance. An important policy parameter is how the costs of … lost productivity due to sick leave are shared between workers, firms, and the social security system. We show that this … number of sick-leave days. Policy-induced variation in sick leave has a significant effect on subsequent healthcare costs …