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Sickness Absence: An International Comparison

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Tim A. Barmby (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Marco G. Ercolani (University of Essex)
John G. Treble (University of Wales, Bangor)

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This paper shows how internationally and intertemporally consistent information on sickness absence can be constructed from Labour Force Surveys, and describes some important features of data that we have generated using the Luxembourg Employment Study. We also analyse sickness absence rates by age, gender and other socio-economic characteristics of workers. These relationships prove to be similar across countries with widely differing mean rates of absence. In this dataset, workers with longer tenure tend to have higher absence rates even when age is controlled for. Absence is also positively correlated with higher usual hours of work. Copyright 2002 Royal Economic Society

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Volume (Year): 112 (2002)
Issue (Month): 480 (June)
Pages: F315-F331
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  1. Hesselius, Patrik, 2003. "Does Sick Absence Increase the Risk of Unemployment?," Working Paper Series 2003:15, Uppsala University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Lusine Lusinyan & Leo Bonato, 2004. "Work Absence in Europe," IMF Working Papers 04/193, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
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  5. René Fahr & Bernd Frick, 2007. "On the Inverse Relationship between Unemployment and Absenteeism: Evidence from Natural Experiments and Worker Heterogeneity," IZA Discussion Papers 3171, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  7. Rutten, Martine, 2008. "Medical migration : what can we learn from the UK's perspective ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4593, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  8. Per Engström & Bertil Holmlund, 2005. "Worker Absenteeism in Search Equilibrium," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Wolter Hassink & Pierre Koning, 2005. "Do Financial Bonuses to Employees Reduce their Absenteeism? Outcome of a Lottery," Working Papers 05-27, Utrecht School of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  10. Pouliakas, Konstantinos & Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos, 2009. "Variety of Performance Pay and Firm Performance: Effect of Financial Incentives on Worker Absence and Productivity," MPRA Paper 18238, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  11. Gudrun Biffl, 2004. "Health and Employment Status. The Case of Austria," WIFO Working Papers 219, WIFO. [Downloadable!]
  12. Peter Dürsch & Jörg Oechssler & Radovan Vadovic, 2008. "Sick Pay Provision in Experimental Labor Markets," Working Papers 0476, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics, revised Oct 2008. [Downloadable!]
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  13. De Paola, Maria, 2008. "Absenteeism and Peer Interaction Effects: Evidence from an Italian Public Institute," MPRA Paper 11425, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  14. Steve Bradley & Colin Green & Gareth Leeves, 2004. "Worker absence and shirking: evidence from matched teacher-school data," Working Papers 000271, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department. [Downloadable!]
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  15. Böckerman, Petri & Ilmakunnas, Pekka, 2006. "Interaction of job disamenities, job satisfaction, and sickness absences: Evidence from a representative sample of Finnish workers," MPRA Paper 1800, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  16. Scoppa, Vincenzo, 2008. "Worker Absenteeism and Incentives: Evidence from Italy," MPRA Paper 16858, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  17. Nordberg, Morten & Kverndokk, Snorre, 2009. "Absenteeism, Health Insurance, and Business Cycles," HERO On line Working Paper Series 2003:17, Oslo University, Health Economics Research Programme. [Downloadable!]
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