Worker adaptation and workplace accommodations after the onset of an illness

TY - JOUR

T1 - Worker adaptation and workplace accommodations after the onset of an illness

AU - Holm, Anders

AU - Høgelund, Jan

PY - 2014/12/1

Y1 - 2014/12/1

N2 - Workers who become work-incapacitated may try to change employer or stay with their current employer in an accommodated job. We study the effect of these strategies on sick-listed workers’ employment durations. We use survey and register data of 809 workers. We simultaneously estimate the duration until returning to work and the duration of employment using the timing-of-event approach. We find that workplace accommodations increase employment durations with the current employer. We also find that workers returning to work with a new employer have significantly shorter employment durations than workers returning to work with the current employer (with or without accommodations).

AB - Workers who become work-incapacitated may try to change employer or stay with their current employer in an accommodated job. We study the effect of these strategies on sick-listed workers’ employment durations. We use survey and register data of 809 workers. We simultaneously estimate the duration until returning to work and the duration of employment using the timing-of-event approach. We find that workplace accommodations increase employment durations with the current employer. We also find that workers returning to work with a new employer have significantly shorter employment durations than workers returning to work with the current employer (with or without accommodations).

KW - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

KW - Sick leave

KW - Workplace accommodation

KW - Employment duration

KW - Hazard rate model

U2 - 10.1186/2193-9004-3-17

DO - 10.1186/2193-9004-3-17

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2193-9004

VL - 3

JO - IZA Journal of Labor Policy

JF - IZA Journal of Labor Policy

IS - 17

ER -