Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 1997-12-03
Number: 97-126/3
Author-Name: Jan M.P. de Kok
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam and EIM, Zoetermeer
Title: Involuntary Absence from an Organizational Point of View
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.
Classification-JEL: J28
Keywords: involuntary absenteeism; precautionary measures; SME
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