Askildsen, Jan Erik; Bratberg, Espen; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2002
Sickness absence tends to be negatively correlated with unemployment. This may suggest disciplining effects of … unemployment but may also reflect changes in the composition of the labour force. A panel of Norwegian register data for the years … probability of absence and the number of days on sick leave conditional on absence. The county unemployment rate is found to …