Arbeitspapier
Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: Evidence from a social experiment
The paper exploits a unique social experiment carried out in 1988 in Sweden to identify the effect of monitoring on sickness absence. The treatment consists of postponing the first formal point of monitoring during a sickness absence spell, a requirement for a doctor’s certificate, from day eight to day fifteen. The experiment was conducted in two geographical areas, and the treatment group was randomized by birth date. The results show strong effects on sickness absence duration from extending the waiting period in both areas. On average, the durations increased by 6.6 percent. No effect on incidence of sickness absence is found. A heterogeneity analysis reveals that monitoring affects men more than women.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2005:15
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Social Security and Public Pensions
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
- Thema
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Absenteeism
sickness insurance
monitoring
social experiment
Fehlzeit
Erwerbsunfähigkeit
Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung
Test
Schweden
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hesselius, Patrik
Johansson, Per
Larsson, Laura
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
- (wo)
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Uppsala
- (wann)
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2005
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hesselius, Patrik
- Johansson, Per
- Larsson, Laura
- Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
Entstanden
- 2005
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