Data and Code for: Healthy at Work? Evidence from a Social Experimental Evaluation of a Firm-based Wellness Program

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Marianne Simonsen, Aarhus University; Lars Skipper, Aarhus University

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Project Citation: 

Simonsen, Marianne, and Skipper, Lars. Data and Code for: Healthy at Work? Evidence from a Social Experimental Evaluation of a Firm-based Wellness Program. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-07-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E208841V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We employ a large social experiment combined with register-based data allowing for up to 12-year follow-up to evaluate a long-lasting employer-sponsored health and well-being program. We show that employees at treated worksites receive fewer consultations from their primary care physician and purchase fewer prescription drugs. These effects persist up to seven years after randomization, though with some fade-out. We find no effects on overall hospitalizations, neither in the short or longer run, and the program was not successful in improving labor-related outcomes such as absence and turnover. Finally, we show some evidence of spillovers within the family.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Worksite health program; health outcomes; labor outcomes; social experiment
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I12 Health Behavior
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Denmark
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2008 – 12/31/2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Employees at participating worksites along with the background population of working adults
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate 100% with 98% linked to administrative data
Sampling:  View help for Sampling All employees at participating worksites as of August 2008. Full population of working adults.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Experimental protocol from participating employers along with administrative population-wide data maintained by Statistics Denmark

Raskijob. 2017. Experimental data supplied by municipalities delivered December 2017.

Statistics Denmark (2024): BEF, Befolkningen [The Population]. Accessed August 2024. https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/dokumentation/statistikdokumentation/befolkningen

Statistics Denmark (2024): BFL, Beskæftigelse for Lønmodtagere [Employment
Statistics for Employees]. Accessed August 2024. https://www.dst.dk/da/TilSalg/Forskningsservice/Dokumentation/hoejkvalitetsvariable/beskaeftigelse-for-loenmodtagere---bfl

Statistics Denmark (2024): CPI, Forbrugerprisindekset [The Consumer Price Index]. Accessed August 2024. https://statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1792

Statistics Denmark (2024): Fravær, Fravær Ansættelsesforhold [Absence from Work]. Accessed August 2024. https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/dokumentation/Times/fravaer

Statistics Denmark (2024): LMDB, Lægemiddeldatabasen [Register of Medicinal Product Statistics]. Accessed August 2024. https://www.dst.dk/ext/7843386057/0/forskning/Vejledning-til-ansoegning--pdf

Statistics Denmark (2024): LPR, Landspatientregisteret [National Patient Register]. Accessed August 2024. https://sundhedsdatastyrelsen.dk/da/registre-og-services/om-de-nationale-sundhedsregistre/sygdomme-laegemidler-og-behandlinger/landspatientregisteret

Statistics Denmark (2024): SSSY, Sygesikringsregisteret [National Health Insurance Service Register]. Accessed August 2024. https://www.dst.dk/da/TilSalg/Forskningsservice/Dokumentation/hoejkvalitetsvariable/sygesikring---ydelser

Statistics Denmark (2024): UDDA, Uddannelser [Education]. Accessed August 2024. https://www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/dokumentation/metode/uddannelsesregistret
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individual

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