Involuntary Absence from an Organizational Point of View

Jan M.P. de Kok
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Jan M.P. de Kok: Erasmus University Rotterdam and EIM, Zoetermeer

No 97-126/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: Involuntary absence is often seen as an exogenous factor, but firms can take actions to reduceit. In this paper the notion that firms, especially SMEs, are faced with a single decisionwhether or not to undertake these actions is questioned. A firm model on involuntary absencemeasures is constructed and estimated in which four successive steps are distinguished. Itturns out that this model is supported by the data. Furthermore a clear firm-size effect exists.Larger firms tend to take more precautionary actions than small firms because they havemore attention for work- and health-related topics in general and more easily recognise theinfluence they can exert on the level of involuntary absence.

Keywords: involuntary absenteeism; precautionary measures; SME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997-12-03
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