We investigate the causal effect of commuting on sickness absence from work using German panel data. To address reverse … causation, we use changes in commuting distance for employees who stay with the same employer and who have the same residence … during the period of observation. In contrast to previous papers, we do not observe that commuting distances are associated …

This paper examines the effect of the replacement rule of the Finnish sickness insurance system on the duration of … statistically significant point estimate of the elasticity of the duration of sickness absence with respect to the replacement rate …

Women are on average more absent from work for health reasons than men. At the same time, they live longer. This …

estimate a multivariate duration model dealing with non-random selection into the two intervention types by controlling for …

multivariate hazard rate model designed to predict the incidence and the duration of sickness absence for all workers. Key …

Research has shown that commuting is related to the health of workers, and that mode choice may have differential … effects on this relationship. We analyze the relationship between commuting by different modes of transport and the health … status reported by US workers, using the 2014-2016 Eating and Health (EH) Module of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We …

paid sick leave or other forms of paid leave. We exploit the 2011 Leave Supplement of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS … to paid sick leave and (ii) suppressed sick leave ("presenteeism"). Thirty-five percent of US full-time employees lack …

least able to afford unpaid time off work. We find that workers without sick pay are more likely to work when experiencing …

average duration. Overall, the policy did reduce number of days lost to sick leave. For some, however, return to work may have …