Does sickness absence increase the risk of unemployment?

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-310

  Hesselius, Patrik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Duration analysis; Sickness insurance; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846782772     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.037     Document Type: Article

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