Missing at Work – Sickness-related Absence and Subsequent Job Mobility

Adrian Chadi and Laszlo Goerke

No 201504, IAAEU Discussion Papers from Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: dismissal; gender difference; German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP); instrumental variables; job mobility; promotion; sickness-related absence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J22 J63 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03
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