Long-term absenteeism and Moral Hazard – Evidence From a Natural Experiment, Discussion paper 888
| Title: | Long-term absenteeism and Moral Hazard – Evidence From a Natural Experiment, Discussion paper 888 |
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| Authors: | Nicolas R. Ziebarth; Soep At Diw Berlin; Tu Berlin; Jel Classification H |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2011conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=374. |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: | experiment; Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP |
| Description: | I theoretically and empirically disentangle the effects of cuts in the statutory sick pay levels on long-term absenteeism in Germany. The reforms have not induced significant changes in the average incidence and duration of sick leave periods longer than six weeks. The finding is theoretically confirmed assuming that the long-term sick are seriously sick. Thus, moral hazard seems to be less of an issue in the upper end of the sickness spell distribution. However, I find heterogeneity in the effects and significant duration decreases for certain subsamples. Finally, I calculate that within ten years, the cut in statutory long-term sick pay redistributed five billion Euros from the long-term sick to the insurance pool. Keywords: long-term absenteeism, statutory long-term sick pay, moral hazard, natural |
| Document Type: | text |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.364.5005; http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2011conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=374 |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.364.5005; http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2011conference/program/retrieve.php?pdfid=374 |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.9E3E9C94 |
| Database: | BASE |