Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: evidence from a social experiment

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Monitoring sickness insurance claimants: evidence from a social experiment

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Hesselius, Patrik () (IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation)
Johansson, Per () (IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation)
Larsson, Laura () (IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation)

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Abstract

The paper exploits a unique social experiment carried out in 1988 in Sweden to identify the effect of monitoring on sickness absence. The treatment consists of postponing the first formal point of monitoring during a sickness absence spell, a requirement for a doctor’s certificate, from day eight to day fifteen. The experiment was conducted in two geographical areas, and the treatment group was randomized by birth date. The results show strong effects on sickness absence duration from extending the waiting period in both areas. On average, the durations increased by 6.6 percent. No effect on incidence of sickness absence is found. A heterogeneity analysis reveals that monitoring affects men more than women.

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Paper provided by IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation in its series Working Paper Series with number 2005:15.

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Date of creation: 19 Jun 2005
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H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy

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