Mandatory sick pay provision: A labor market experiment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 870-877

  Bauernschuster, Stefan ^a   Duersch, Peter ^b   Oechssler, Jörg ^b   Vadovic, Radovan ^c  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Experiment; Gift exchange; Sick leave; Sick pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049476527     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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