Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work

We investigate the impact on work absences of a large reduction in paid sick leave benefits in Spain. Our results highlight substantial decreases in frequency (number of spells) mostly offset by increases in duration (length of spells). Overall, the policy did reduce the number of days lost to sick...

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Autores: Marie, Olivier, Vall Castelló, Judit
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palavra-chave:Absentisme laboral
Baixa mèdica
Absenteeism (Labor)
Sick leave
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spelling Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to WorkMarie, OlivierVall Castelló, JuditAbsentisme laboralBaixa mèdicaAbsenteeism (Labor)Sick leaveWe investigate the impact on work absences of a large reduction in paid sick leave benefits in Spain. Our results highlight substantial decreases in frequency (number of spells) mostly offset by increases in duration (length of spells). Overall, the policy did reduce the number of days lost to sick leave. For some, however, return to work was premature, as we document large increases in both the proportion of relapses and the number of working accidents. Displacement toward this unaffected benefit scheme cancels out almost two-fifths of the gains in terms of estimated absence reductions from the sick leave benefit cut.The University of Chicago Press2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/207335Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1086/720629Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, vol. 41, num.4https://doi.org/10.1086/720629(c) The University of Chicago Press, 2023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2073352026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
title Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
spellingShingle Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
Marie, Olivier
Absentisme laboral
Baixa mèdica
Absenteeism (Labor)
Sick leave
title_short Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
title_full Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
title_fullStr Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
title_full_unstemmed Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
title_sort Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Marie, Olivier
Vall Castelló, Judit
author Marie, Olivier
author_facet Marie, Olivier
Vall Castelló, Judit
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Absentisme laboral
Baixa mèdica
Absenteeism (Labor)
Sick leave
topic Absentisme laboral
Baixa mèdica
Absenteeism (Labor)
Sick leave
description We investigate the impact on work absences of a large reduction in paid sick leave benefits in Spain. Our results highlight substantial decreases in frequency (number of spells) mostly offset by increases in duration (length of spells). Overall, the policy did reduce the number of days lost to sick leave. For some, however, return to work was premature, as we document large increases in both the proportion of relapses and the number of working accidents. Displacement toward this unaffected benefit scheme cancels out almost two-fifths of the gains in terms of estimated absence reductions from the sick leave benefit cut.
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Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, vol. 41, num.4
https://doi.org/10.1086/720629
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