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Absenteeism in the UK: A Comparison Across Genders
Author(s) -
Bridges Sarah,
Mumford Karen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the manchester school
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9957
pISSN - 1463-6786
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9957.00248
Subject(s) - absenteeism , demographic economics , work (physics) , economics , labour supply , econometrics , psychology , labour economics , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering
We analyse an empirical model of absence from work based upon a variant of the traditional work–leisure model of labour supply. The model is tested with data from the 1993 UK Family Expenditure Survey and a comparison of absenteeism is made across genders. We find substantial differences in the probability of absenteeism across gender and various family situations. We also find that our conclusions concerning gender differences in absenteeism are sensitive to the definition of absenteeism used and that the differences in the determination of these measures may help to explain some of the existing disagreements in the literature.