Konferenzbeitrag
Missing at Work - Sickness-related Absence and Subsequent Job Mobility
Economists often interpret absenteeism as an indicator of effort. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, this paper offers a comprehensive discussion of this view by analysing various forms of job mobility. The evidence reveals a significantly negative (positive) link between sickness-related absence and the probability of a subsequent promotion (dismissal). In line with the interpretation of absenteeism as a proxy for effort, instrumental variable analyses suggest no causal impact of absence behaviour on the likelihood of such career events when variation in illness-related absence is triggered exogenously. We observe no consistent gender differences in the link between absence and subsequent career events.
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Englisch
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Labor - Empirical Studies 5 ; No. G16-V2
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Wirtschaft
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Chadi, Adrian
Goerke, Laszlo
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Veröffentlichung
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2015
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- Konferenzbeitrag
Associated
- Chadi, Adrian
- Goerke, Laszlo
Time of origin
- 2015