This paper examines the effect of the replacement rule of the Finnish sickness insurance system on the duration of sickness absence. A pre-determined, piecewise linear policy rule in which the replacement rate is determined by past earnings allows identification of the effect using a regression...

Sickness absence: its measurement and incidence in clerical work and light occupations, by May Smith and Margaret A. Leiper (with the co-operation of Millais Culpin)--Labour wastage, by Major Greenwood and May Smith.--Appendixes: I. The recording analysing of sickness absence. II. The recording...