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56 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16975
The Rank of Socioeconomic Status within a Class and the Incidence of School Bullying and School Absence
Atsushi Inoue, Ryuichi Tanaka
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 101, 102545
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16843
Parental Leave, Worker Substitutability, and Firms' Employment
Mathias Huebener, Jonas Jessen, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner
published online in: Economic Journal, 13 December 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16495
Structural Empirical Analysis of Vacancy Referrals with Imperfect Monitoring and the Strategic Use of Sickness Absence
Gerard J. van den Berg, Hanno Foerster, Arne Uhlendorff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16312
Accident-Induced Absence from Work and Wage Ladders
Aniko Biro, Márta Bisztray, João G. da Fonseca, Tímea Laura Molnár
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15871
Pension Reforms, Longer Working Horizons and Absence from Work
Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 9 (2025)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15858
School-Based Healthcare and Absenteeism: Evidence from Telemedicine
Sarah Komisarow, Steven W. Hemelt
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2024, 19(2), 252-282
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15664
Beyond Chronic Absenteeism: The Dynamics and Disparities of Class Absences in Secondary School
Jing Liu, Monica Lee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14654
Dark Half: Decentralized Bargaining and Well-Being at Work
Terhi Maczulskij, Mika Haapanen, Antti Kauhanen, Krista Riukula
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14478
A Firm-Side Perspective on Parental Leave
Mathias Huebener, Jonas Jessen, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner
published as "Parental Leave, Worker Substitutability, and Firms’ Employment" in The Economic Journal, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14262
The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Employers: Evidence from New York
Ann P. Bartel, Maya Rossin-Slater, Christopher J. Ruhm, Meredith Slopen, Jane Waldfogel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14251
Teacher Shortage in India: Myth or Reality? The Fiscal Cost of Surplus Teachers, Fake Enrolment and Absences
Sandip Datta, Geeta G. Kingdon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14251
Teacher Shortage in India: Myth or Reality? The Fiscal Cost of Surplus Teachers, Fake Enrolment and Absences
Sandip Datta, Geeta G. Kingdon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13945
The Role of Employees' Age for the Relation between Job Autonomy and Sickness Absence
Christian Grund, Maike Rubin
published in: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2021, 63 (9), 800-807.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13596
Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave
Julian V. Johnsen, Hyejin Ku, Kjell G. Salvanes
latest version published online as 'Competition and Career Advancement' in: Review of Economic Studies, 13 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13447
Workplace Presenteeism, Job Substitutability and Gender Inequality
Ghazala Azmat, Lena Hensvik, Olof Rosenqvist
published online in. Journal of Human Resources, 10 November 2022, 1121-12014R2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12944
Vulnerable Boys: Short-Term and Long-Term Gender Differences in the Impacts of Adolescent Disadvantage
Ziteng Lei, Shelly Lundberg
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 178, 242 -448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12939
Vaccines at Work
Manuel Hoffmann, Roberto Mosquera, Adrian Chadi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12613
The Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Secondary School Absences
Jing Liu, Monica Lee, Seth Gershenson
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 199, 104441
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12181
Absenteeism on Bridging Days
René Böheim, Thomas Leoni
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27 (20), 1667–1671
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11912
Quantile Regression Estimates of the Effect of Student Absences on Academic Achievement
Seth Gershenson, Jessica Rae McBean, Long Tran
published in: M. Gottfried; E. Hutt (eds.): Addressing Absenteeism, Cambridge, MA, 2019, 67-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11911
Experimental Estimates of the Student Attendance Production Function
Long Tran, Seth Gershenson
published in: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021, 43 (2), 183-199.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11889
Employee Absence: An Organizational Perspective
Jacob Kjær Eskildsen, Anders Frederiksen, Ann-Kristina Løkke
published as 'Employee Absence in Public and Private Organizations' in: Applied Economics, 2021, 53 (21), 2416-2432
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11700
Commuting Time and Sick-Day Absence of US Workers
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
published in: Empirica, 2022, 49, 691 - 719
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11539
Domain-Specific Risk and Public Policy
Ohto Kanninen, Petri Böckerman, Ilpo Suoniemi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11471
Graded Return-To-Work as a Stepping Stone to Full Work Resumption
Lieke Kools, Pierre Koning
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 65, 189-209
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11183
Commuting and Sickness Absence
Laszlo Goerke, Olga Lorenz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11134
Severe Air Pollution and School Absences: Longitudinal Data on Expatriates in North China
Haoming Liu, Alberto Salvo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10995
The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden
Sarah Cattan, Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson
updated version published as 'The Long-term Effects of Student Absence: Evidence from Sweden' in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (650), 888-903
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10814
Father Absence and the Educational Gender Gap
Shelly Lundberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10335
Sick Pay Reforms and Health Status in a Unionised Labour Market
Laszlo Goerke
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 64(2), 115-142
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9978
Should Value-Added Models Control for Student Absences?
Seth Gershenson
published in: Teachers College Record, 2016, ID No. 21629.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9558
Are Student Absences Worth the Worry in U.S. Primary Schools?
Seth Gershenson, Alison Jacknowitz, Andrew Brannegan
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2017, 12(2): 137-165.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9554
The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions
Stephen B. Holt, Seth Gershenson
published in: Policy Studies Journal, 2019, 47(4), 1063-1093.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9203
Performance Standards and Employee Effort: Evidence from Teacher Absences
Seth Gershenson
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016, 35(3), 615-638
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9175
Birth Weight in the Long-Run
Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53(1), 189-231
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8537
Employee Stock Purchase Plans: Gift or Incentive? Evidence from a Multinational Corporation
Alex Bryson, Richard B. Freeman
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57 (1), 86-106
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8205
A Kink that Makes You Sick: The Incentive Effect of Sick Pay on Absence
Petri Böckerman, Ohto Kanninen, Ilpo Suoniemi
published as "A Kink that Makes You Sick: The Effect of Sick Pay on Absence" in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2018, 33 (4), 568-579
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7803
Looking After Number Two? Competition, Cooperation and Workplace Interaction
Tim Barmby, John G. Sessions, Alexandros Zangelidis
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131 (Part A), 166-182
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7480
Gender Differences in Preferences for Health-Related Absences from Work
Daniel Avdic, Per Johansson
published as 'Absenteeism, Gender and the Morbidity–Mortality Paradox' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017, 32 (2), 440 - 462
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7379
Gender Differences in Sickness Absence and the Gender Division of Family Responsibilities
Nikolay Angelov, Per Johansson, Erica Lindahl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7250
The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Martin Karlsson
short version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29(2), 208-230
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7122
The Changing of the Guards: Can Physicians Contain Social Insurance Costs?
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg
revised version published as 'The Changing of the Guards: Can Family Doctors Contain Worker Absenteeism?' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (6), 1230–1239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6782
Firm Insurance and Sickness Absence of Employees
Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen, Filip Pertold
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6777
Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence: Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform
Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 13–25
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6691
What is the Right Profile for Getting a Job? A Stated Choice Experiment of the Recruitment Process
Stefan Eriksson, Per Johansson, Sophie Langenskiöld
published in: Emperical Economics, 2017, 53, 803 - 826
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6640
Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind
Francisca M. Antman
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25 (4), 1187-1214
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6245
Sickness Absence and Local Benefit Cultures
Assar Lindbeck, Mårten Palme, Mats Persson
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (1), 49-78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6044
Work-Related Health in Europe: Are Older Workers More at Risk?
Melanie K. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane, Anita Staneva
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2013, 88, 18-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5809
Job Anxiety, Work-Related Psychological Illness and Workplace Performance
Melanie K. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2016, 54 (4), 742 - 767
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5091
The Rise in Absenteeism: Disentangling the Impacts of Cohort, Age and Time
Erik Biorn, Simen Gaure, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (4), 1585-1608
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4381
Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind
Alison L. Booth, Yuji Tamura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4240
The Anatomy of Absenteeism
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed, Ole J. Røgeberg, Simen Gaure
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (2), 277-292
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3960
Sick of Your Colleagues' Absence?
Patrik Hesselius, Per Johansson, Peter Nilsson
published in: Journal of European Economic Association, 2009, 7 (2–3), 1–12
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3749
Am I Missing Something? The Effects of Absence from Class on Student Performance
Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor, Jeremy Smith
revised version publishd in: Economics of Education Review, 2012, 31 (4), 363-375
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3677
Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance in Britain: Evidence from WERS 2004
Melanie K. Jones, Richard J. Jones, Paul L. Latreille, Peter J. Sloane
published in: Labour, 2009, 23 (Special Issue), 139 - 175
IZA Discussion Paper No. 466
Unemployment, Labour Force Composition and Sickness Absence: A Panel Data Study
Jan Erik Askildsen, Espen Bratberg, Øivind Anti Nilsen
published in: Health Economics, 2005, 14 (11), 1087-1101
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