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dc.contributor.authorBryson, Alex
dc.contributor.authorDale-Olsen, Harald
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-15T06:44:58Z
dc.date.available2019-08-15T06:44:58Z
dc.date.created2018-09-24T13:27:22Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0147-9121
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2608360
dc.description.abstractHigher replacement rates often imply higher levels of absenteeism, yet even in generous welfare economies, employers provide sick pay in addition to the public sick pay. Using comparative population-representative workplace data for Britain and Norway we show that close to 50% of private sector employers in both countries provide sick pay in excess of statutory sick pay. However, the level of statutory sick pay is also much higher in Norway than in Britain. In both countries, private sick pay as well as other benefits provided by employers are chosen by employers in a way that- maximizes profits having accounted for different dimensions of labour costs. Several health-related privately provided benefits are often bundled. In both countries easy-to-train workers, high turnover and risky work are linked to less extensive employer provision of extended sick leave and sick pay in excess of statutory sick pay. In contrast, the presence of a trade union agreement is strongly correlated with both the provision of private sick pay and extended sick leave in Britain but not in Norway. We show that the sickness absence rate is much higher in Norway than in Britain. However, the higher level of absenteeism in Norway compared to Britain relates to the threshold for statutory sick pay in the Norwegian public sick pay legislation. When we take this difference into account, no significant difference remains.
dc.description.abstractThe Role of Employer-Provided Sick Pay in Norway and Britain
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleThe Role of Employer-Provided Sick Pay in Britain and Norway
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
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dc.source.journalResearch in Labor Economics
dc.identifier.cristin1612973
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 257603
cristin.unitcode7437,0,0,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for samfunnsforskning
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