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A Simple Empirical Model of Sickness Absence

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Marco Ercolani () (Institute for Labour Research, University of Essex, UK)

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A simple empirical Tobit model of sickness absence is proposed and estimated. The Tobit model is used to estimate underlying propensities for sickness absence out of weekly contracted hours, where censoring is set at 0 (no absence) and 1 (absent all week). These Tobit estimates of the underlying propensities for sickness absence seem reasonable in relation to the available data. The data are taken from the UK Labour Force Surveys, Winter 1993/4 to Winter 1997/98, and relate to socio-economics characterisitics of full time employees.

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Paper provided by Institute for Labour Research in its series ILR working papers with number 049.

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Date of creation: Jan 2000
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Keywords: absence; absenteeism; sickness;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Private Pensions
M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executive Compensation

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