Part-time Sick Leave as a Treatment for Individuals with Mental Disorders?

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It has been suggested that using, when possible, part-time sick leave (PTSL) rather than full-time sick leave (FTSL) for employees diagnosed with a mental disorder (MD) decreases their likelihood of being on sick leave for long periods. However, no study has analyzed this "treatment". Using a one-factor loadings model and a sample of 627 employees on sick leave due to an MD diagnosis, we estimate the impact of the PTSL "treatment" on the probability of full recovery of lost work capacity. The results indicate that employees with an MD diagnosis assigned to PTSL after 60 days of FTSL have a relatively high probability of full recovery. More exactly, the average treatment effect of PTSL is relatively low (0.015) when assigned in the beginning of the spell, but relatively high (0.387), and statistically significant, when assigned after 60 days of FTSL.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 17/2010

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health Behavior ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
• Thema: Part-time sick leave ; mental disorders ; one-factor loadings model

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Andrén, Daniela
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Örebro University School of Business
• (wo): Örebro
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/244468
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ