Absenteeism on Bridging Days

We estimate sickness absences on Mondays and Fridays which fall between a weekend and public holidays, so called "bridging days". Many public holidays change their day of the week over the years. We find that sickness absences are considerably lower on bridging days than on regular Mondays and Fridays. Based on an investigation of diagnoses with unobservable symptoms, we do not find indications for changes in shirking behavior by workers.

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Böheim, René ; Leoni, Thomas
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Subject:	sickness absence \| moral hazard \| bridging days

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 12181
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1662359810 [GVK] hdl:10419/196679 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12181 [RePEc]
Classification:	J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Source:	EconStor

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