THE EFFECTS OF EXPANDING THE GENEROSITY OF THE STATUTORY SICKNESS INSURANCE SYSTEM

This article evaluates an expansion of employer-mandated sick leave from 80% to 100% of forgone gross wages in Germany. We employ and compare parametric difference-in-difference (DID), matching DID and mixed approaches. Overall workplace absences increased by at least 10% or 1 day per worker per yea...

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Volume:	29
Main Author:	NICOLAS R. ZIEBARTH MARTIN KARLSSON
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	HOBOKEN Wiley (Variant) 01.03.2014 WILEY Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	Journal of applied econometrics (Chichester, England) Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 208 - 230
ORCID:	0000-0003-3562-2371
Data of publication:	20140301
ISSN:	0883-7252 1099-1255
EISSN:	1099-1255
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Research Articles Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Mathematical Methods In Social Sciences Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods Labor market Employers Analysis HEALTH-INSURANCE MATCHING ESTIMATORS DEMAND BIAS ABSENCE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION VARIANCE UNEMPLOYMENT CARE
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2014 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS