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The Biological Standard of Living in the Two Germanies
Komlos, John; Kriwy, Peter - CESifo - 2001
Physical stature is used as a proxy for the biological standard of living in thetwo Germanies before and after unification in an analysis of a cross-sectionalsample (1998) of adult heights, as well as among military recruits of the1990s. West Germans tended to be taller than East Germans...
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Sick Pay Reforms and Health Status in a Unionised Labour Market
Goerke, Laszlo - 2016
We theoretically analyse the effects of sick pay and employees' health on collective bargaining, assuming that individuals determine absence optimally. If sick pay is set by the government and not paid for by firms, it induces the trade union to lower wages. This mitigates the positive impact on...
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Does Fertility Respond to Financial Incentives?
Laroque, Guy; Salanié, Bernard - CESifo - 2008
benefits and tax credits among "comparable" households. We implement this approach by estimating a discrete choice model of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406074
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Parental Leave, (In)Formal Childcare and Long-Term Child Outcomes
Danzer, Natalia - 2017
We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...
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Fighting Lone Mothers' Poverty Through In-Work Benefits - Methodological Issues and Policy Suggestions
Pronzato, Chiara - 2021
Lone mothers are overrepresented among poor people in many European countries. In 1998, in Norway, a welfare reform … increased the amount of benefits and introduced working requirements. Using a quasi-experimental model, Mogstad and Pronzato … earnings and welfare participation decisions, and use the behavioural estimates to derive the policy parameters which would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315723
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Firms' Moral Hazard in Sickness Absences
Böheim, René; Leoni, Thomas - 2021
Sick workers in many countries receive sick pay during their illness-related absences from the workplace. In several countries, the social security system insures firms against their workers’ sickness absences. However, this insurance may create moral hazard problems for firms, leading to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315968
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Social Interaction and Sickness Absence
Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Marten; Persson, Mats - 2021
Does the average level of sickness absence in a neighborhood affect individual sickness absence through social interaction on the neighborhood level? To answer this question, we consider evidence of local benefit-dependency cultures. Well-known methodological problems in this type of analysis...
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Job Security and Work Absence : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Marten; Persson, Mats - 2021
We analyze the consequences for sickness absence of a selective softening of job security legislation for small firms in Sweden in 2001. According to our differences-in-difference estimates, aggregate absence in these firms fell by 0.2-0.3 days per year. This aggregate net figure hides important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317635
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Fighting Lone Mothers' Poverty through in-Work Benefits - Methodological Issues and Policy Suggestions
Pronzato, Chiara - CESifo - 2013
Lone mothers are overrepresented among poor people in many European countries. In 1998, in Norway, a welfare reform … increased the amount of benefits and introduced working requirements. Using a quasi-experimental model, Mogstad and Pronzato … earnings and welfare participation decisions, and use the behavioural estimates to derive the policy parameters which would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877897
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Firms' Moral Hazard in Sickness Absences
Böheim, René; Leoni, Thomas - CESifo - 2011
Sick workers in many countries receive sick pay during their illness-related absences from the workplace. In several countries, the social security system insures firms against their workers’ sickness absences. However, this insurance may create moral hazard problems for firms, leading to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320787