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dc.contributor.authorHolmlund, Bertilen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:53:26Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:53:26Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18866-
dc.description.abstractThe paper presents a model that allows a unified analysis of sickness absence and searchunemployment. Sickness appears as random shocks to individual utility functions, interactswith individual searchand labor supply decisions and triggers movements across labor forcestates. The employed worker prefers absence for sufficiently severe sickness and theunemployed worker may prefer nonparticipation if the disutility of search is amplified bysickness. The decisions governing labor force transitions are influenced by social insurancebenefits available for sick or unemployed workers. We examine how these benefits affectindividual decisions on absence and search and the implications for employment,unemployment and nonparticipation. The normative analysis of the socially optimal benefitstructure suggests that there is, in general, a case for benefit di.erentiation across states ofnon-work. In particular, there is a case for a benefit structure that rewards active job search.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1227en
dc.subject.jelJ65en
dc.subject.jelJ64en
dc.subject.jelJ21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordsickness absenceen
dc.subject.keywordsearchen
dc.subject.keywordunemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordsickness benefitsen
dc.subject.keywordunemployment benefitsen
dc.subject.stwFehlzeiten
dc.subject.stwKrankheiten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsucheen
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosenversicherungen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleSickness absence and search unemployment-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn856702781en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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