The contribution of employer characteristics to continued employment of employees with residual work capacity: evidence from register data in The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the contribution of employer characteristics to continued employment of employees with residual work capacity. Moreover, we examined whether the contribution of employer characteristics differs across types of employers and employees' types of diseases.

Methods

Register data on disability assessments and employment status of N=84 394 long-term sick-listed employees with residual work capacity were obtained from the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency between 2010 and 2017. The dependent variable was continued employment four months after the assessment. We linked employees to their (former) employer to measure sector, firm size, and workforce composition. The average employment outcome of all employees assessed in the same firm and year ser

SUBMITTER: van Ooijen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8504544 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature