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Absence from Work of the Self-Employed: A Comparison with Paid Employees

Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals and paid employees. We find that absence from work is clearly less prevalent among the self-employed than among paid employees. Only to a small extent, this difference can be traced back to differences in health status and job satisfaction. Furthermore, the gap in absenteeism is apparently not driven by different behaviour in case of sickness as we find no difference in the prevalence of presenteeism between the two groups. We suspect that different behaviour in case of healthiness plays a role, highlighting potential shirking and moral hazard problems in paid employment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7756

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health: Other
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Labor Demand
Thema
absenteeism
Germany
self-employed
sick leave

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.
Schnabel, Claus
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2013

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Lechmann, Daniel S. J.
  • Schnabel, Claus
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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