Suchtprobleme durch den Konsum von Alkohol, Medikamenten, Nikotin oder illegalen Drogen spielen in der Arbeitswelt eine größere Rolle als oft angenommen. Schätzungen gehen davon aus, dass bis zu 10 Prozent aller Beschäftigten Suchtmittel in missbräuchlicher Weise konsumieren vor allem...

We use monthly personnel records of a large German company for the years 1999-2005 to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). The unconditional GWG is 15 per cent for blue-collar and 26 per cent for white-collar workers. Different returns to entry age explain a substantial part of the GWG as well as...

The theoretical probation literature shows that individuals have incentives to mimick "good workers" during periods of employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the incentives of probation periods exist. We find...

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...