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"The better you feel, the harder you fall": health perception biases and mental health among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nie, Peng; Wang, Lu; Dragone, Davide; Lu, Haiyang; … - 2021
The health risks of the current COVID-19 pandemic, together with the drastic mitigation measures taken in many affected …-based measures of over- and underconfidence in the health self-perceptions among Chinese adults during the pandemic. Then, it … excessive alcohol consumption, which may be particularly detrimental during a pandemic. Our results also offer clear guidelines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705695
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"The Better You Feel, the Harder You Fall" : Health Perception Biases and Mental Health Among Chinese Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nie, Peng; Wang, Lu; Dragone, Davide; Lu, Haiyang; … - 2022
The health risks of the current COVID-19 pandemic, together with the drastic mitigation measures taken in many affected …-based measures of over- and underconfidence in the health self-perceptions among Chinese adults during the pandemic. Then, it … smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, which may be particularly detrimental during a pandemic. Our results also offer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084003
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Analyzing regional variation in health care utilization using (rich) household microdata
Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013
This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike most studies in the field of the Small Area Variation (SAV) literature, our approach allows us to net out a large array of individual-level and state-level factors that may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738118
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Analyzing Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization Using (Rich) Household Microdata
Eibich, Peter; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2013
This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike most studies in the field of the Small Area Variation (SAV) literature, our approach allows us to net out a large array of individual-level and state-level factors that may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158447
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Analyzing Regional Variation in Health Care Utilization Using (Rich) Household Microdata
Eibich, Peter - 2013
This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike most studies in the field of the Small Area Variation (SAV) literature, our approach allows us to net out a large array of individual-level and state-level factors that may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081794
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Profiling the US sick leave landscape
Susser, Philip; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2016
This paper profiles the sick leave landscape in the US – the only industrialized country without universal access to paid sick leave or other forms of paid leave. We exploit the 2011 Leave Supplement of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), a representative and comprehensive database on sick...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452143
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The health effects of smoking bans : evidence from German hospitalization data
Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2018
This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the 16 federal states along with the universe of hospitalizations from 2000-2008 and daily county-level weather and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012395
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The pros and cons of sick pay schemes : testing for contagious presenteeism and shirking behavior
Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2015
This paper proposes a test for the existence and degree of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sickness insurance schemes. First, we theoretically decompose moral hazard into shirking and contagious presenteeism behavior and derive testable conditions. Then, we implement the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386819
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"Do I really need to go to rehab? I'd say no, no, no." : estimating price elasticities of convalescent care programs
Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2009
This study is the first to estimate the price elasticities of demand for both medical rehabilitation programs and treatment at health spas. In Germany, the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) covers both forms of therapy if administered in authorized medical facilities on referral from a physician....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635733
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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 sicknessepisodes 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/10011636523