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Long-term absenteeism and moral hazard: evidence from a natural experiment

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009

Sick leave payments represent a significant portion of public health expenditures and labor costs. Reductions in replacement levels are a commonly used instrument to tackle moral hazard and to increase the efficiency of the health insurance market. In Germany's Statutory Health Insurance (SHI)...

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Langzeitkranke verlieren durch Kürzung des Krankengeldes fünf Milliarden Euro

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 20, pp. 326-332

Am 1. Januar 1997 trat eine Krankengeldkürzung von 80 auf 70 Prozent des Bruttoeinkommens in Kraft. Ab der siebten Woche erhalten gesetzlich Versicherte Krankengeld, sie gelten als langzeitkrank. Berechnungen auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) zeigen, dass durch diese Maßnahme...

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Krebspatienten feiern nicht krank: Sechs Fragen an Nicolas Ziebarth

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Zummack, Karsten - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 20, pp. 327

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Einordnung des deutlichen Anstiegs der krankheitsbedingten Fehlzeiten seit 2022

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Pichler, Stefan - 2024

Datenquellen stark angestiegen. Es gilt festzuhalten, dass es in Deutschland keine einheitliche und repräsentative Datenbasis gibt … beschränkt erfassen. Zudem existiert keine international vergleichbare Datenbasis. Zusätzlich gilt, dass Deutschland eine der … impliziert, dass Deutschland pro Arbeitnehmer und Jahr vermutlich eine der höchsten Fehlzeiten weltweit aufzuweisen hat - und …

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Facing the truth about separability - nothing works without energy

Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 51 (2004) 3/4, pp. 217-223

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What triggers environmental management and innovation? : Empirical evidence for Germany

Frondel, Manuel (contributor); Horbach, Jens (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Care Cost Containment Measures

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2011

Using SOEP panel data and difference-in-differences methods, this study is the first to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of four different health care cost containment measures within an integrated framework. The four measures investigated were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral...

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Identifying the Rebound : Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence from a German Household Panel

Frondel, Manuel; Peters, Jörg; Vance, Colin - 2015

Using a panel of household travel diary data collected in Germany between 1997 and 2005, this study assesses the effectiveness of fuel efficiency improvements by econometrically estimating the rebound effect, describing the extent to which higher efficiency causes additional travel.Following a...

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Revisiting the Income-Health Nexus : The Importance of Choosing the 'Right' Indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...

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The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009

In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for sickness episodes of up to six weeks. We show that this reform has led to an increase in average absence days of about 10 percent or one additional day per employee, per year. The...

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