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...

This study uses a unique data set, a low paying manufacturing plant, to test many stylised facts of absenteeism. Analysis of both the demographic characteristics of employees, and external factors shows that female staff are more “reliable” and those who are promoted less so. The plant...

Questions about compensation structures and incentive effects of pay-for-performance components are important for firms' Human Resource Management as well as for economics in general and labor economics in particular. This paper provides scarce insider econometric evidence on the structure and...