SICKNESS ABSENCE: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON†

  1. Tim A. Barmby1,
  2. Marco G. Ercolani2,
  3. John G. Treble3

Article first published online: 13 JUN 2002

DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00046

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The Economic Journal

The Economic Journal

Volume 112, Issue 480, pages F315–F331, June 2002

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Barmby, T. A. , Ercolani, M. G. and Treble, J. G. (2002), SICKNESS ABSENCE: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON. The Economic Journal, 112: F315–F331. doi: 10.1111/1468-0297.00046

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  1. 1

    University of Newcastle upon Tyne,

  2. 2

    University of Essex,

  3. 3

    University of Wales, Bangor

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  1. Issue published online: 13 JUN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 13 JUN 2002

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This paper shows how internationally and intertemporally consistent information on sickness absence can be constructed from Labour Force Surveys, and describes some important features of data that we have generated using the Luxembourg Employment Study. We also analyse sickness absence rates by age, gender and other socio-economic characteristics of workers. These relationships prove to be similar across countries with widely differing mean rates of absence. In this dataset, workers with longer tenure tend to have higher absence rates even when age is controlled for. Absence is also positively correlated with higher usual hours of work.

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