Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work
研究了西班牙大幅削减带薪病假福利对缺勤的影响，发现病假次数减少但时长增加，总缺勤天数下降，但部分人过早返岗导致复发和工作事故增加，且转向其他福利抵消了近五分之二的减员效果。
We investigate the impact on work absences of a large reduction in paid sick leave benefits in Spain. Our results highlight substantial decreases in frequency (number of spells) mostly offset by increases in duration (length of spells). Overall, the policy did reduce the number of days lost to sick leave. For some, however, return to work was premature, as we document large increases in both the proportion of relapses and the number of working accidents. Displacement toward this unaffected benefit scheme cancels out almost two-fifths of the gains in terms of estimated absence reductions from the sick leave benefit cut.