This paper provides an analytical framework and uses data from the US and Germany to test
for the existence of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sick leave …

We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public
health costs. We focus on job loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse …

The Labor Market Returns to Delaying Pregnancy∗ Page 1 The Labor Market Returns to
Delaying Pregnancy∗ Yana Gallen Juanna Schrøter Joensen Eva Rye Johansen Gregory F …

This study estimates the reform effects of a reduction in statutory sick pay levels on sickness
absence behavior and labor costs. German federal law reduced the legal obligation of …

All European countries have some form of compulsory insurance against the loss of income
due to temporary disability. The insurance schemes vary widely between countries both in …

Bullying in workplaces is a problem thought to harm individual productivity. This paper
investigates whether being exposed to bullying in the workplace increases long-term …

Can a work-first strategy control moral hazard problems in temporary disability insurance,
and accelerate recovery? Based on empirical analysis of Norwegian data, we show that it …

A growing economic literature studies the optimal design of social insurance systems and
the empirical identification of welfare‐relevant externalities. In this paper, we test whether …

We analyze how the absence behavior of Italian public sector employees has been affected
by a law, passed in June 2008, reducing sick leave compensation and increasing …

This paper aims to estimate the causal effect of sick leave on subsequent earnings and
employment, using an administrative dataset for Norway. To obtain experiment-like variation …