Blar i Faculty of Social Sciences på forfatter "Monstad, Karin"
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Competition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?
Brekke, Kurt Richard; Holmås, Tor Helge; Monstad, Karin; Straume, Odd Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Competition among physicians is widespread, but compelling empirical evidence on its impact on service provision is limited, mainly due to endogeneity issues. In this paper we exploit that many GPs, in addition to own ... -
Health effects of reduced workload for older employees
Bratberg, Espen; Holmås, Tor Helge; Monstad, Karin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)To keep elder employees in the labour force, introducing age-dependent job conditions can be a policy measure. However, we know little about the effect of such initiatives. We investigate the effects of a particular programme ... -
Inequity in the use of physician services in Norway before and after introducing patient lists in primary care
Grasdal, Astrid Louise; Monstad, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-06-15)Background: Inequity in use of physician services has been detected even within health care systems withuniversal coverage of the population through public insurance schemes. In this study we analyse and compareinequity ... -
Sysselsettingseffekter av pensjonsreformen - avhenger de av helsetilstand.
Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge; Monstad, Karin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Denne analysen undersøker om dårlig helse hindrer individer fra å kunne øke sitt arbeidstilbud slik pensjonsreformen la opp til. Vi analyserer effekten av reformen på arbeidsdeltakelse og avtalte timer i arbeid for mennesker ... -
Worried sick? Worker responses to a financial shock
Bratberg, Espen; Monstad, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04)Excessive sickness absence may hurt productivity and put a strain on public finances. One explanation put forward for increasing absence rates is that a tougher labour market represents a health hazard. A competing hypothesis ...