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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269505
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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)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271106
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Measurement of health, the sensitivity of the concentration index, and reporting heterogeneity
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
Using representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for 2006, we show that the magnitude of such health inequality measures as the concentration index (CI) depends crucially on the underlying health measure. The highest degree of inequality is found when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271112
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600917
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601997
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601998
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015110237
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186590
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197386
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199809