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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …. Furthermore, the gap in absenteeism is apparently not driven by different behaviour in case of sickness as we find no difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195595
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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …. Furthermore, the gap in absenteeism is apparently not driven by different behaviour in case of sickness as we find no difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221560
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Absence from work of the self-employed : a comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …. Furthermore, the gap in absenteeism is apparently not driven by different behaviour in case of sickness as we find no difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010193380
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Coming to work while sick : an economic theory of presenteeism with an application to German data
Hirsch, Boris; Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2015
Presenteeism, i.e. attending work while sick, is widespread and associated with significant costs. Still, economic analyses of this phenomenon are rare. In a theoretical model, we show that presenteeism arises due to differences between workers in (health-related) disutility from workplace...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513271
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Coming to work while sick : an economic theory of presenteeism with an application to German data
Hirsch, Boris; Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2015
Presenteeism, i.e. attending work while sick, is widespread and associated with significant costs. Still, economic analyses of this phenomenon are rare. In a theoretical model, we show that presenteeism arises due to differences between workers in (healthrelated) disutility from workplace...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518000
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Questioning the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" : absence from fork in the public and private sector in Germany
Prümer, Stephanie; Schnabel, Claus - 2019
for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … compositions of the workforce. We show that the same observable factors play a role for absenteeism in the public and private … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022688
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Questioning the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" absence from work in the public and private sector in Germany
Prümer, Stephanie; Schnabel, Claus - 2019
for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … compositions of the workforce. We show that the same observable factors play a role for absenteeism in the public and private … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012014584
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The effectiveness of medical and vocational interventions for reducing sick leave of self-employed workers
Baert, Stijn; Klaauw, Bas van der; Lomwel, Gijsbert van - 2016
We investigate whether interventions by (i) medical doctors and (ii) occupational specialists are effective in reducing sick leave durations among self-employed workers. To this end, we exploit unique administrative data comprising all sick leave claims by self-employed workers insured with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450863
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The Effectiveness of Medical and Vocational Interventions for Reducing Sick Leave of Self-Employed Workers
Baert, Stijn - 2016
We investigate whether interventions by (i) medical doctors and (ii) occupational specialists are effective in reducing sick leave durations among self-employed workers. To this end, we exploit unique administrative data comprising all sick leave claims by self-employed workers insured with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999535
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The impact of child and maternal health indicators on female labor force participation after childbirth : evidence from Germany
Dunkelberg, Annalena; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2007
participation after childbirth in Germany. Our analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, which enables …. Since the majority of women in Germany do not go back to work within a year after childbirth, we also investigate their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628650