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18 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16495
Structural Empirical Analysis of Vacancy Referrals with Imperfect Monitoring and the Strategic Use of Sickness Absence
Gerard J. van den Berg, Hanno Foerster, Arne Uhlendorff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14654
Dark Half: Decentralized Bargaining and Well-Being at Work
Terhi Maczulskij, Mika Haapanen, Antti Kauhanen, Krista Riukula
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2024, 55, 101433
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13945
The Role of Employees' Age for the Relation between Job Autonomy and Sickness Absence
Christian Grund, Maike Rubin
published in: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2021, 63 (9), 800-807.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12181
Absenteeism on Bridging Days
René Böheim, Thomas Leoni
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27 (20), 1667–1671
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11700
Commuting Time and Sick-Day Absence of US Workers
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
published in: Empirica, 2022, 49, 691 - 719
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11539
Domain-Specific Risk and Public Policy
Ohto Kanninen, Petri Böckerman, Ilpo Suoniemi
published online as ' Income–Well-Being Gradient in Sickness and Health' in: Health Economics, 19 November 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11471
Graded Return-To-Work as a Stepping Stone to Full Work Resumption
Lieke Kools, Pierre Koning
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 65, 189-209
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11183
Commuting and Sickness Absence
Laszlo Goerke, Olga Lorenz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9175
Birth Weight in the Long-Run
Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53(1), 189-231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8537
Employee Stock Purchase Plans: Gift or Incentive? Evidence from a Multinational Corporation
Alex Bryson, Richard B. Freeman
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57 (1), 86-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8205
A Kink that Makes You Sick: The Incentive Effect of Sick Pay on Absence
Petri Böckerman, Ohto Kanninen, Ilpo Suoniemi
published as "A Kink that Makes You Sick: The Effect of Sick Pay on Absence" in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2018, 33 (4), 568-579
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7480
Gender Differences in Preferences for Health-Related Absences from Work
Daniel Avdic, Per Johansson
published as 'Absenteeism, Gender and the Morbidity–Mortality Paradox' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017, 32 (2), 440 - 462
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7250
The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Martin Karlsson
short version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29(2), 208-230
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6782
Firm Insurance and Sickness Absence of Employees
Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen, Filip Pertold
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6691
What is the Right Profile for Getting a Job? A Stated Choice Experiment of the Recruitment Process
Stefan Eriksson, Per Johansson, Sophie Langenskiöld
published in: Emperical Economics, 2017, 53, 803 - 826
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5091
The Rise in Absenteeism: Disentangling the Impacts of Cohort, Age and Time
Erik Biorn, Simen Gaure, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1585-1608
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4240
The Anatomy of Absenteeism
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg, Simen Gaure
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (2), 277-292
IZA Discussion Paper No. 466
Unemployment, Labour Force Composition and Sickness Absence: A Panel Data Study
Jan Erik Askildsen, Espen Bratberg, Øivind Anti Nilsen
published in: Health Economics, 2005, 14 (11), 1087-1101
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