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Disability and work : the role of health shocks and childhood circumstances
Lindeboom, Maarten (contributor);  … - 2006
model that includes unscheduled hospitalizations as a measure for unanticipated health shocks and estimate the model on data … from the British National Child Development Study (NCDS). We show that such health shocks increase the likelihood of an … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310968
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Firm insurance and sickness absence of employees
Westergård-Nielsen, Niels C.; Pertold, Filip - 2012
We investigate the effect of firms' participation in an insurance scheme on the long-term sickness absence of their employees, using administrative records. In Denmark and several other European countries, firms are obliged to cover the first two weeks of sickness. The insurance scheme is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580557
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Firm Insurance and Sickness Absence of Employees
Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels - 2012
We investigate the effect of firms' participation in an insurance scheme on the long-term sickness absence of their employees, using administrative records. In Denmark and several other European countries, firms are obliged to cover the first two weeks of sickness. The insurance scheme is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099791
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Dismissal Protection and Long-term Sickness Absence – First Evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823062
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The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes : A Method to Test for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior
Pichler, Stefan - 2015
This paper proposes a test for the existence and the degree of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sickness insurance schemes. First, we theoretically decompose moral hazard into shirking and contagious presenteeism behavior. Then we derive testable conditions for reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027749
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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/10012239176
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence : first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267172
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence - first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253039
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Mandated sick pay : coverage, utilization, and welfare effects
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, … - 2020
This paper evaluates the labor market effects of sick pay mandates 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201411