Arbeitspapier

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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7756

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

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.
Schnabel, Claus
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2013

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  • Arbeitspapier

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

Time of origin

  • 2013

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