@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp10991,
            	author={Hernaes, Øystein},
            	title={Activation against Absenteeism: Evidence from a Sickness Insurance Reform in Norway},
            	year={2017},
	month={Sep},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={10991},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10991},
	abstract={I evaluate a program aimed at strictly enforcing a requirement that people on long-term sick leave be partly back at work unless explicitly defined as an exception. Employing the synthetic control method, I find that the reform reduced work-hours lost due to absenteeism by 12 % in the reform region compared to a comparison unit created by a weighted average of similar regions. The effect is driven by both increased part-time presence of temporary disabled workers and accelerated recovery. Musculoskeletal disorders was the diagnosis group declining the most. The findings imply large savings in social security expenditures. },
	keywords={activation;disability;absenteeism;forkfare},
            }