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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/10011634717
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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/10003832840
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The effects of the Affordable Care Act on workplace absenteeism of overweight and obese workers
Grumstrup, Ethan; Hossain, Md. Mobarak; Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2019
In this paper, we examine whether the expansion of health insurance coverage brought on by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), led to a decline in absenteeism among overweight and obese individuals. We use data from the National Health Insurance Survey (NHIS) to compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012116948
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Did the ACA Medicaid Expansion save lives?
Borgschulte, Mark; Vogler, Jacob - 2019
We estimate the effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on county-level mortality in the first four years following expansion. We find a reduction in all-cause mortality in ages 20 to 64 equaling 11.36 deaths per 100,000 individuals, a 3.6 percent decrease. This estimate is largely...
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The effect of statutory sick pay regulations on workers' health
Halla, Martin; Pech, Susanne; Zweimüller, Martina - 2015
Social insurance programs typically comprise sick leave insurance. An important policy parameter is how the cost of sick leave are shared between workers, firms, and the social security system. We show that this sharing rule affects not only absence behavior, but also workers' subsequent health....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532515
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The effect of statutory sick pay regulations on workers' health
Halla, Martin; Pech, Susanne; Zweimüller, Martina - 2015
Social insurance programs typically comprise sick leave insurance. An important policy parameter is how the cost of sick leave are shared between workers, firms, and the social security system. We show that this sharing rule affects not only absence behavior, but also workers' subsequent health....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011284261
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The effects of private versus public health insurance on health and labor market outcomes
Dauth, Christine - 2021
Deutschland), stellt sich die Frage, ob die Art der Krankenversicherung die Arbeitsmarktkarrieren der Versicherten beeinflusst …. Wir untersuchen, ob der Wechsel von der gesetzlichen in die private Krankenversicherung bestimmte Gesundheits- und … langfristigen Einfluss der Art der Krankenversicherung auf lange Krankheitsepisoden oder den Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Beschäftigten …
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The affordable care act and the growth of involuntary part-time employment
Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2015
This study tests whether the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased involuntary part-time (IPT) employment. Using data from the Current Population Survey between 1994 and 2014, we find that IPT employment in 2014 was higher than predicted based on economic conditions and...
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Health-care reform or labor market reform? : a quantitative analysis of the Affordable Care Act
Nakajima, Makoto; Tüzemen, Didem - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349485
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Health-care reform or labor market reform? : a quantitative analysis of the affordable care act
Nakajima, Makoto; Tüzemen, Didem - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481611