Sickness Absence, Moral Hazard, and the Business Cycle

SummaryThe procyclical nature of sickness absence has been documented by many scholars in literature. So far, explanations have been based on labor force composition and reduced moral hazard caused by fear of job loss during recessions. In this paper, we propose and test a third mechanism caused by...

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Volume:	24
Main Author:	Pichler, Stefan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	HOBOKEN WILEY 01.06.2015 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	Health economics Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 692 - 710
Data of publication:	June 2015
ISSN:	1057-9230 1099-1050
EISSN:	1099-1050
Discipline:	Medicine Public Health Economics
Subjects:	sickness absence unemployment infections Economics Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Business & Economics Health Policy & Services Science & Technology Employment - statistics & numerical data Communicable Diseases - epidemiology Humans Middle Aged Sick Leave - statistics & numerical data Male Socioeconomic Factors Workload Unemployment - statistics & numerical data Adult Female Economic Recession - statistics & numerical data Germany National Health Programs - statistics & numerical data Business cycles Epidemiology Worker absenteeism Index Medicus Germany ABSENTEEISM RECESSIONS GOOD PRESENTEEISM sickness absence unemployment infections WORK ECONOMIC INCENTIVES HEALTH SELECTION
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