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Sickness absence, works councils, and personnel problems : evidence from German individual and linked employer-employee data ; conference paper
Arnold, Daniel; Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2013 - This version: August 14, 2013
Using both household and linked-employer-employee data we study the effects of works councils on individual sickness absence rates and a subjective measure of personnel problems due to absenteeism in Germany. We find that the existence of a works council is positively correlated with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339945
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Sickness absence and works councils : evidence from German individual and linked employer-employee data
Arnold, Daniel; Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2014 - This version: August 25, 2014
Using both household and linked employer-employee data for Germany, we assess the effects of non-union representation in the form of works councils on (1) individual sickness absence rates and (2) a subjective measure of personnel problems due to sickness absence as perceived by a firm's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400285
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Sickness absence and works councils : evidence from German individual and linked employer-employee data
Arnold, Daniel; Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2014 - This version: August 25, 2014
Using both household and linked employer-employee data for Germany, we assess the effects of non-union representation in the form of works councils on (1) individual sickness absence rates and (2) a subjective measure of personnel problems due to sickness absence as perceived by a firm's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010415697
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Sickness absence and works councils : evidence from German individual and linked employer-employee data
Arnold, Daniel; Brändle, Tobias; Goerke, Laszlo - 2014
Using both household and linked employer-employee data for Germany, we assess the effects of non-union representation in the form of works councils on (1) individual sickness absence rates and (2) a subjective measure of personnel problems due to sickness absence as perceived by a firm's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419791
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A natural experiment on sick pay cuts, sickness absence, and labor costs
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009
This study estimates the reform effects of a reduction in statutory sick pay levels on various outcome dimensions. A federal law reduced the legal obligation of German employers to provide 100 percent continued wages for up to six weeks per sickness episode to 80 percent. This measure increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636409
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A Natural Experiment on Sick Pay Cuts, Sickness Absence, and Labor Costs
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Karlsson, Martin - 2009
This study estimates the reform effects of a reduction in statutory sick pay levels on various outcome dimensions. A federal law reduced the legal obligation of German employers to provide 100 percent continued wages for up to six weeks per sickness episode to 80 percent. This measure increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199815
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The incentive effects of sickness benefit for the unemployed - analysis of a reduction in potential benefit duration
Csillag, Márton; Márk, Lili - 2023
In Hungary, employees could claim sickness insurance benefit within 3 days of job-loss, which would enable them to extend their benefit duration by up to 90 days. The maximum number of days of this 'passive sickness benefit' was halved in 2007. We first investigate whether claiming passive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454732
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Strategic interaction in the market for physician services : the treadmill effect in a fixed budget system
Benstetter, Franz; Wambach, Achim - 2001
We examine the strategic interaction in the market for physician services when the total budget for reimbursement is fixed. We show that this prospective payment system involves { compared to a fee-for-service remuneration system { a severe coordination problem, which potentially leads to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398025
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Strategic Interaction in the Market for Physician Services : The Treadmill Effect in a Fixed Budget System
Wambach, Achim; Benstetter, Franz - 2021
We examine the strategic interaction in the market for physician services when the total budget for reimbursement is fixed. We show that this prospective payment system involves compared to a fee-for-service remuneration system a severe coordination problem, which potentially leads to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321020
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Costs and quality of life in multiple sclerosis : a cross-sectional observational study in the UK
Kobelt, Gisela; Lindgren, Peter; Parkin, David; … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
care related to their MS. Disease scores (Expanded Disability Status Scale, EDSS) were available for a majority of patients … from the study centers, and were assigned using a matrix of disease (mobility) descriptions and EDSS scores. Mean total …. Intangible costs were estimated at 5000 £ per patient and year. The mean age of the cohort was 44 years (disease onset 34), the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001600004