The effects of sick-leaves on erarnings

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This paper assesses the causal effect of sick-leaves on subsequent earnings using an administrative dataset for Norway linking individual earnings, sick-leave records and primary care physicians. The leniency of a worker's physician - certifying sickness absence - is used as instrument for sick-leaves. Sick-leaves have a substantial impact on future earnings, reducing earnings by .3 percent per day of absence. When conditioning on full-time employment also two years after sickness the effect is .06 percent per day of absence. These effects are persistent over time and work mainly through wages not hours.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Memorandum ; No. 2009,20

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; Labor Discrimination
• Subject: sickness absence ; wage formation ; IV estimation ; wage regression ; Fehlzeit ; Krankheit ; Lohnbildung ; Lohn ; Regression ; Norwegen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Markussen, Simen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Oslo, Department of Economics
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/47347
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET