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Lohnfortzahlung und Krankenstand

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  • Boss, Alfred

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Sickness benefit ineome reduces an employee's opportunity costs of absence from work. In the Federal Republic of Germany the institutional arrangement was changed several times during the 1951-1998 period. This paper investigates the effects on sick leave behavior. According to the empirical analysis, moral hazard is a serious problem in Germany. The paper discusses some institutional changes which would significantly reduce moral hazard.

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  • Boss, Alfred, 1999. "Lohnfortzahlung und Krankenstand," Kiel Working Papers 935, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
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    1. Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich & Dreger, Christian, 1997. "Beschäftigungswirkungen einer Reduzierung der Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall," Wirtschaft im Wandel, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), vol. 3(2), pages 3-7.
    2. Boss, Alfred, 1986. "Moral hazard als Folge der Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall: Empirischer Befund und Vorschläge zur Therapie," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 1976, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    3. Kaiser, Carl R., 1996. "Employee absence incentives in the welfare state: Toward explaining cross-national differences," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 89-103.
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    1. Norbert Berthold, 2000. "Abbau von Inflexibilitäten auf dem Arbeitsmarkt – Ist die Wirtschaftspolitik auf dem richtigen Weg?," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 1(2), pages 229-250, May.

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    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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