Dismissal protection and long‐term sickness absence: Evidence from a policy change

IF 2.4 3区 管理学 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Nicole Gürtzgen, Karolin Hiesinger
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Abstract

This paper studies whether a decline in employment protection reduces workers' long‐term sickness absences (of >6 weeks). We exploit exogenous variation from a German policy change that shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from 5 to 10 workers. Using German register data, we find that the reform significantly reduced employees' transitions into long‐term sickness during their second year after being hired. This response is due to a behavioral rather than a compositional effect and is particularly pronounced among the medium‐skilled and younger males. Further results indicate that the reform did not alter the probability of involuntary unemployment after sickness.
解雇保护和长期病假:来自政策变化的证据
本文研究了就业保护的减少是否会减少工人的长期病假(6 周)。德国的一项政策改革将小型企业免于解雇保护的门槛从 5 人提高到 10 人,我们利用了这一政策改革带来的外生变化。通过使用德国的登记数据,我们发现改革大大减少了员工在受雇后第二年长期生病的情况。这种反应是由行为效应而非构成效应引起的,在中等技能和年轻男性中尤为明显。进一步的结果表明,改革并未改变生病后非自愿失业的概率。
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Industrial Relations
Industrial Relations INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-
CiteScore
4.40
自引率
8.70%
发文量
25
期刊介绍: Corporate restructuring and downsizing, the changing employment relationship in union and nonunion settings, high performance work systems, the demographics of the workplace, and the impact of globalization on national labor markets - these are just some of the major issues covered in Industrial Relations. The journal offers an invaluable international perspective on economic, sociological, psychological, political, historical, and legal developments in labor and employment. It is the only journal in its field with this multidisciplinary focus on the implications of change for business, government and workers.
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