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The effect of health care expenditure on sickness absence

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Granlund, David () (Department of Economics, Umeå University)
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Based on data from a panel of the Swedish municipalities during 1993-2004, the effects of public health care expenditure on absence from work due to sickness or disability were studied using an instrumental variable method. Public health care expenditure had no significant effect on absence due to sickness or disability and the standard errors were small enough to rule out all but a minimal effect. The same result was obtained when separate estimates were done for men and women and for absence due to sickness and disability.

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Paper provided by Umeå University, Department of Economics in its series Umeå Economic Studies with number 701.

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Length: 30 pages
Date of creation: 16 Jan 2007
Date of revision: 13 Apr 2007
Handle: RePEc:hhs:umnees:0701

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Keywords: health care expenditure; sick leave; disability; worker absenteeism; dynamic panel data models; endogeneity;

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H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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