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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...

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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

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The Forgotten Numbers: A Closer Look at COVID-19 Non-Fatal Valuations

Kniesner, Thomas J.; Sullivan, Ryan - 2020

Our research estimates Covid-19 non-fatal economic losses in the U.S. using detailed data on cumulative cases and … to data collection limitations the confirmed totals reported by the CDC under-count the actual number of cases and … data to estimate non-fatal valuations through November 2020, and find that the overall cumulative valuation increases from …

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The impact of harmonising Australia’s workplace health and safety laws on workers compensation

Bilgrami, Anam; Cutler, Henry; Sinha, Kompal - 2021

difference-in-difference estimation on a panel data sample of workers from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia …

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Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work

Marie, Olivier; Vall Castello, Judit - 2022

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Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence

Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip - 2022

The most enduring measure of how individuals make personal decisions affecting their health and safety is the compensating wage differential for job safety risk revealed in the labor market via hedonic equilibrium outcomes. The decisions in turn reveal the value of a statistical life (VSL), the...

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Are women breaking the glass ceiling? A gendered analysis of the duration of sick leave in Spain

Martín-Román, Ángel L.; Moral, Alfonso; … - 2022

We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days - those which are related to biological characteristics and those derived from behavioral reasons. Using the Statistics of Accidents at Work for 2011-2019, we found that women...

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When labor enforcement and immigration enforcement collide: Deterring worker complaints worsens workplace safety

Grittner, Amanda Melina; Johnson, Matthew S. - 2021

Regulatory agencies overseeing the labor market often rely on worker complaints to direct their enforcement. However, if workers face differential barriers to complain, this system could result in ineffective targeting and create disparities in working conditions. To investigate these...

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Finally a smoking gun

Wissmann, Daniel - 2020

Did policy interventions contribute to the gradual segmentation of lending markets starting with the 2007 - 2008 global financial crisis? We investigate this question in an international Cournot duopoly model under an equity constraint. Two symmetric multinational banks compete for corporate...

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Mandated sick pay: Coverage, utilization, and welfare effects

Maclean, Catherine; Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021

This paper evaluates how sick pay mandates operate at the job level in the United States. Using the National Compensation Survey and difference-in-differences models, we estimate their impact on coverage rates, sick leave use, labor costs, and non-mandated fringe benefits. Sick pay mandates...

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