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The issue of a statutory entitlement to sick pay poses a dilemma for policymakers across developed economies. As Pollak argues, when attempting to optimize statutory sickness compensation benefits, policymakers are faced with a trade-off between protecting workers against the risk of income loss in the event of temporary work incapacity, while at the same time restricting moral hazard in order to limit public spending. To date, Ireland has remained one of the few advanced economies in Europe ... |
