New Evidence on the Determinants of Absenteeism Using Linked Employer-Employee Data

@article{Dionne2005NewEO,
  title={New Evidence on the Determinants of Absenteeism Using Linked Employer-Employee Data},
  author={G. Dionne and B. Dostie},
  journal={IO: Empirical Studies of Firms & Markets},
  year={2005}
}
  • G. Dionne, B. Dostie
  • Published 2005
  • Business, Economics
  • IO: Empirical Studies of Firms & Markets
This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of absenteeism. The authors extend the typical labor-leisure model used to analyze the decision to skip work to include firm-level policy variables relevant to the absenteeism decision and uncertainty about the cost of absenteeism. Estimates based on data from Statistics Canada's Workplace Employee Survey (1999–2002), with controls for observed and unobserved demographic, job, and firm characteristics (including workplace practices… Expand
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