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Firms and Worker Health

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  • Ahammer, Alexander

    (University of Linz)

  • Packham, Analisa

    (Vanderbilt University)

  • Smith, Jonathan

    (Georgia State University)

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We estimate the role of firms in worker health care utilization. Using linked administrative data on Austrian workers from 1998–2018, we exploit mobility between firms to estimate how much a firm contributes to worker-level differences in utilization in a setting with non-employer provided universal health care. We find that firms are responsible for nearly 30 percent of the variation in across-worker health care expenditures. Effects are not driven by changes in geography or industry. We then estimate a measure of relative firm-specific utilization and explore existing correlates to help explain these effects.

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  • Ahammer, Alexander & Packham, Analisa & Smith, Jonathan, 2024. "Firms and Worker Health," IZA Discussion Papers 16708, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp16708
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    firms; health care utilization; sick leave;
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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