This paper investigates the average effects of (firm-provided) workplace health promotion measures in form of the … analysis of sickness absenteeism and health circles/courses on labour market out­comes of the firms' employees. Exploiting … health circles/courses increase tenure and decrease the number of job changes across various age groups. A key finding is …

-run delay in return to work, which might rationalize a negative causal health effect. Breaking down the results by mothers’ pre …-birth health status suggests that the higher incidence of long-term sickness absence among the treated may be explained by the fact … that the reform has facilitated re-entry of a negative health selection into the labor market. …