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Sickness Absence over the Business Cycle

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Askildsen, J.E.
Bratberg, E.
Nilsen, O.A.

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Sick leaves may vary over the business cycle due to disciplining effects or changes in labour force composition. The latter hypothesis maintains that sickness may be pro-cyclical due to employment of "marginal" workers with poorer health whrn demand increases.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Bergen in its series Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen with number 0400.

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Length: 41 pages
Date of creation: 2000
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Handle: RePEc:fth:bereco:0400

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Keywords: UNEMPLOYMENT ; BENEFIT PLANS ; ABSENTEEISM;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy

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  1. Hesselius, Patrik, 2003. "Does Sick Absence Increase the Risk of Unemployment?," Working Paper Series 2003:15, Uppsala University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Matthias Weiss, 2008. "Sick Leave and the Composition of Work Teams," MEA discussion paper series 07149, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim. [Downloadable!]
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