Arbeitspapier
Unionization and sickness absence from work in the UK
Does union membership increase sickness absence from work and, if so, by how much? And which specific channels does this effect operate through? Using UK Labour Force Survey data for 2006-2008 we find that trade union membership is associated with a substantial increase in the probability of reporting sick and in the amount of average absence taken. This result can be largely attributed to the protection that unions offer to unionized employees. Supportive evidence is also found for a reduction in 'presenteeism' (attending work when sick) among union members. The results are robust to different modelling and estimation approaches.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2010-15
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
- Subject
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trade unions
work absence
sickness absence
Gewerkschaft
Mitgliedschaft
Arbeitsplatz
Fehlzeit
Großbritannien
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Veliziotis, Michail
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- (where)
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Colchester
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Veliziotis, Michail
- University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Time of origin
- 2010
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