$80,000
Employers and Paid Leave: Assessing the Interdependencies between State-level Mandates, Medical Leave, and Voluntary Provisions of Paid Leave
2020
Nicolas R. Ziebarth is an associate professor in the Department for Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. He studies the interaction of social insurance systems with labor markets and population health. In particular, he is an international expert on the economics of sick leave and has published numerous refereed journal articles on the topic.
Another focus of his work is the driving forces and implications of risky health behavior such as smoking, drinking, or overeating. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Berlin Institute of Technology.
Funded Research
Authored by Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Policy
Paid sick leave improves public health outcomes and supports U.S. workers at a relatively low cost to employers (opens in a new tab)
Blog JAN 12, 2022
By: Catherine Maclean, Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Household Economic Security
Nicolas R. Ziebarth’s Working Papers
Academic
Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers JAN 12, 2022
By: Catherine Maclean, Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Household Economic Security
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