Economic incentives and long-term sickness absence: the indirect effect of replacement rates on absence behavior
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Absenteeism; sickness insurance; natural experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2015-09-26 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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