Side effects of labor market policies*
利用个人层面的人口登记数据，研究了培训与制裁两种劳动力市场政策对健康的影响，发现培训改善心血管和心理健康并减少病假，而制裁短期内恶化心理健康。
Abstract Labor market policies, such as training and sanctions, are commonly used to bring workers back to work. By analogy to medical treatments, exposure to these tools can have side effects. We study the effects on health using individual‐level population registers on labor market outcomes, drug prescriptions, and sickness absence, comparing outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. Training improves cardiovascular and mental health, and lowers sickness absence. This is likely to be the result of the instantaneous features of participation, such as the adoption of a more rigorous daily routine, rather than improved employment prospects. Benefits sanctions cause a short‐run deterioration of mental health.