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Property Rights, Sick Pay and Effort Supply

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  • Blanchard, Pablo

    (IECON-UdelaR)

  • Burdin, Gabriel

    (University of Siena)

  • Dean, Andres

    (IECON, Universidad de la República)

Abstract

Direct evidence on variations in work incentives across different property rights systems remains scarce. This paper examines absenteeism among individuals employed in worker cooperatives—firms that are ultimately controlled by their workforce. By leveraging employment data matched with sick leave records and reform-induced variation in the generosity of Uruguay's statutory sick pay, we find that absenteeism differentially increased for individuals affected by the policy change and employed in cooperatives. The effect is driven by co-op members, hard-to-diagnose (and, hence, more prone to moral hazard reporting problems) musculoskeletal conditions and large cooperatives. Conventional firms used dismissals more intensely than cooperatives as a threat to keep absenteeism in check after the reform.

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  • Blanchard, Pablo & Burdin, Gabriel & Dean, Andres, 2025. "Property Rights, Sick Pay and Effort Supply," IZA Discussion Papers 17811, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp17811
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    Keywords

    property rights; cooperatives; sick pay; absenteeism; effort; teams; moral hazard;
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    JEL classification:

    • 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
    • J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms

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