Self-perceived Job Insecurity and the Demand for Medical Rehabilitation: Does Fear of Unemployment Reduce Health Care Utilization?

Reichert A, Augurzky B, Tauchmann H (2015)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 24

Pages Range: 8-25

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1002/hec.2995

Abstract

An inverse relationship between job insecurity and sickness absence has been established in the literature, which is
explained by employees avoiding to send signals of both poor health and uncooperative behavior towards the employer.
In this paper, we focus on whether the same mechanism applies to the demand for medical rehabilitation measures.
This question has recently gained much interest in the context of the current public debate on presenteeism. Using
county-level unemployment rates as instrument for the employees’ fear of job loss on the individual level, we find that
an increase in subjective job insecurity substantially decreases the probability of participating in medical rehabilitation.

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APA:

Reichert, A., Augurzky, B., & Tauchmann, H. (2015). Self-perceived Job Insecurity and the Demand for Medical Rehabilitation: Does Fear of Unemployment Reduce Health Care Utilization? Health Economics, 24(1), 8-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2995

MLA:

Reichert, Arndt, Boris Augurzky, and Harald Tauchmann. "Self-perceived Job Insecurity and the Demand for Medical Rehabilitation: Does Fear of Unemployment Reduce Health Care Utilization?" Health Economics 24.1 (2015): 8-25.

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