Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244468 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 17/2010
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
It has been suggested that using, when possible, part-time sick leave (PTSL) rather than full-time sick leave (FTSL) for employees diagnosed with a mental disorder (MD) decreases their likelihood of being on sick leave for long periods. However, no study has analyzed this "treatment". Using a one-factor loadings model and a sample of 627 employees on sick leave due to an MD diagnosis, we estimate the impact of the PTSL "treatment" on the probability of full recovery of lost work capacity. The results indicate that employees with an MD diagnosis assigned to PTSL after 60 days of FTSL have a relatively high probability of full recovery. More exactly, the average treatment effect of PTSL is relatively low (0.015) when assigned in the beginning of the spell, but relatively high (0.387), and statistically significant, when assigned after 60 days of FTSL.
Subjects: 
Part-time sick leave
mental disorders
one-factor loadings model
JEL: 
I12
J21
J28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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