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Hesselius, Patrik; Johansson, Per; Nilsson, Peter - 2009

by work absence. The experiment altered the work absence incentives for half of all employees living in Göteborg, Sweden …

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Gender differences in sickness absence and the gender division of family responsibilities

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2013

This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by...

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The effect of employer incentives in social insurance on individual wages

Wikström, Johan - 2009

Several studies have documented that employer incentives, in form of experience rating, co-insurance or deductibles, could decrease the social insurance usage. Such employer incentives may though have unintended side effects, as it gives employers incentives to transfer the costs to their...

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Can sickness absence be affected by information meetings? Evidence from a social experiment

Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - 2010

During the last decade several empirical studies have stressed the importance of norms and social interactions for explaining sickness absence behavior. In this context public discussions about the intentions of the insurance, and of the rights and duties of the receivers, may be important for...

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Incentive and spill-over effects of supplementary sickness compensation

Hesselius, Patrik; Persson, Malin - 2007

In 1998 the Swedish national sickness insurance policy changed to allow additional compensation from e.g. collective agreements after the 90th day of absence without a reduction of the public sickness benefit. We estimate the effects of this policy change on the duration of sickness absence for...

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Sickness Absence and Search Unemployment

Holmlund, Bertil - 2004

The paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and search unemployment. Sickness appears as random shocks to individual utility functions, interacts with individual search and labor supply decisions and triggers movements across labor force states. The employed...

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Does Sick Absence Increase the Risk of Unemployment?

Hesselius, Patrik - 2003

The paper examines whether a worker's sick absence behaviour influences the risk of becoming unemployed. Swedish panel data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and duration of sick leave and subsequent unemployment. The results indicate that an increase in the number of...

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Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: Evidence from a social experiment

Hesselius, Patrik; Johansson, Per; Larsson, Laura - 2005

The paper exploits a unique social experiment carried out in 1988 in Sweden to identify the effect of monitoring on …

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Cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol policies

Johansson, Per; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Verho, Jouko - 2012

cut in the Finnish alcohol tax on mortality, alcohol related illnesses and work absenteeism in Sweden. This tax cut led to … the Finnish border are compared to changes in other parts of northern Sweden. We use register data where micro level data … outcomes. Our results on the effect of the Finnish tax cut on mortality and alcohol-related hospitalisations in Sweden are very …

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A Description of Routes out of the Labor Force for Workers in Sweden

Hallberg, Daniel - 2003

in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and …

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