Arbeitspapier
Activation against Absenteeism: Evidence from a Sickness Insurance Reform in Norway
I evaluate a program aimed at strictly enforcing a requirement that people on long-term sick leave be partly back at work unless explicitly defined as an exception. Employing the synthetic control method, I find that the reform reduced work-hours lost due to absenteeism by 12 % in the reform region compared to a comparison unit created by a weighted average of similar regions. The effect is driven by both increased part-time presence of temporary disabled workers and accelerated recovery. Musculoskeletal disorders was the diagnosis group declining the most. The findings imply large savings in social security expenditures.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10991
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy
- Thema
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absenteeism
disability
activation
forkfare
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Hernaes, Øystein
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hernaes, Øystein
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2017
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