The Determinants of Lateness: Evidence from British Workers

@article{Clark2005TheDO,
  title={The Determinants of Lateness: Evidence from British Workers},
  author={Kenneth Clark and Simon A. Peters and Mark Tomlinson},
  journal={Labor: Demographics \& Economics of the Family},
  year={2005}
}
Using a sample of male and female workers from the 1992 Employment in Britain survey we estimate a generalised grouped zero-inflated Poisson regression model of employeesO self-reported lateness. Reflecting theoretical predictions from both psychology and economics, lateness is modelled as a function of incentives, the monitoring of and sanctions for lateness within the workplace, job satisfaction and attitudes to work. Various aspects of workplace incentive and disciplinary policies turn out… 
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