Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health …-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional … screening participation substantially increased inpatient and outpatient health care costs for up to two years after treatment …

only absence behavior, but also workers' subsequent health. To inform our empirical analysis we propose a simple model …, where workers' absence decision is taken conditional on the sharing rule, health, and a dismissal probability. Our empirical …-induced variation in sick leave has a significant effect on subsequent health (care cost). The average worker in our sample is in the …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …