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| Title: | | Lohnfortzahlung und Krankenstand  |
| Authors: | | Boss, Alfred |
| Issue Date: | | 1999 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Kiel Working Papers 935 |
| Abstract: | | 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. |
| JEL: | | I18 I38 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Kieler Arbeitspapiere, IfW Economists Online
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