Arbeitspapier

The Effectiveness of Medical and Vocational Interventions for Reducing Sick Leave of Self-Employed Workers

We investigate whether interventions by (i) medical doctors and (ii) occupational specialists are effective in reducing sick leave durations among self-employed workers. To this end, we exploit unique administrative data comprising all sick leave claims by self-employed workers insured with the major Dutch private insurer between January 2009 and March 2014. We estimate a multivariate duration model dealing with non-random selection into the two intervention types by controlling for observable and unobservable claimant characteristics. We find adverse treatment effects for both interventions, which are heterogeneous by the physical toughness of the claimants' occupation.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9692

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
Health Insurance, Public and Private
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Housing Supply and Markets
Thema
sickness absenteeism
self-employment
medical interventions
dynamic treatment effects

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Baert, Stijn
van der Klaauw, Bas
van Lomwel, A. Gijsbert C.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2016

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Baert, Stijn
  • van der Klaauw, Bas
  • van Lomwel, A. Gijsbert C.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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