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Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: Evidence from a social experiment
Hesselius, Patrik; Johansson, Per; Larsson, Laura - 2005
The paper exploits a unique social experiment carried out in 1988 in Sweden to identify the effect of monitoring on … sickness absence. The treatment consists of postponing the first formal point of monitoring during a sickness absence spell, a … sickness absence is found. A heterogeneity analysis reveals that monitoring affects men more than women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317921
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If sick-leave becomes more costly, will i go back to work? : could it be too soon?
Marie, Olivier; Vall Castello, Judit - 2020
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy change that only affected public sector workers in Spain and compare changes in the number and length of spells they take relative to unaffected private sector workers. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239176
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Sick leave cuts and (unhealthy) returns to work
Marie, Olivier; Vall Castello, Judit - 2022
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy change that only affected public sector workers in Spain and compare changes in the number and length of spells they take relative to unaffected private sector workers. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012806663
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If Sick-Leave Becomes More Costly, Will I Go Back to Work? Could It Be Too Soon?
Marie, Olivier; Vall-Castello, Judit - 2020
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy change that only affected public sector workers in Spain and compare changes in the number and length of spells they take relative to unaffected private sector workers. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270057
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Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
Marie, Olivier; Vall Castello, Judit - 2022
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy change that only affected public sector workers in Spain and compare changes in the number and length of spells they take relative to unaffected private sector workers. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177584
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If Sick-Leave becomes More Costly, Will I go back to Work? Could it be too soon?
Marie, Olivier; Vall Castello, Judit - 2020
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy change that only affected public sector workers in Spain and compare changes in the number and length of spells they take relative to unaffected private sector workers. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233994
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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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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/10011339778
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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/10011340177
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If sick-leave becomes more costly, will I go back to work? : could it be too soon?
Marie, Olivier; Vall Castello, Judit - 2020
We investigate the impact on work absence of a massive reduction in paid sick leave benefits. We exploit a policy change that only affected public sector workers in Spain and compare changes in the number and length of spells they take relative to unaffected private sector workers. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233327