Dizioli, Allan; Pinheiro, Roberto B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper, we present a less-explored channel through which health insurance impacts productivity: by offering … health insurance, employers reduce the expected time workers spend out of work in sick days. Using data from the Medical … Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), we show that a worker with health coverage misses on average 52% fewer workdays than uninsured …