work unless explicitly defined as an exception. Employing the synthetic control method, I find that the reform reduced work …-hours lost due to absenteeism by 12 % in the reform region compared to a comparison unit created by a weighted average of similar …

predicts that the portability reform will increase internal plan switching. However, under plausible assumptions, it will not … increase external insurer switching. Moreover, the portability reform will enable unhealthier enrollees to reoptimize their …

assumed, both absolute and percentage losses from tort reform are small for infants in an asset value sense and that the prime …-aged working population is the group most negatively affected by tort reform. Maximum entropy quantile regressions highlight the …

respond to the sick pay reform. We show that union members may have stronger incentives to be absent and to react to the cut …

literature by estimating both switch-on and switch-off effects, because the reform was repealed two years later. We find a two … terms) at higher quantiles, meaning that the reform predominantly reduced long durations of absence. In terms of health, the … reform reduced the average number of days spent in hospital by almost half a day, but we cannot find robust evidence for …

difference-in-differences estimator, we investigate the 2002 Scottish reform, which introduced free formal personal care for all …

several reform options which have been proposed in order to overcome financial and structural problems. Suggestions for the …