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Unemployment, Labor Market Flexibility, and Absenteeism: A Pan‐European Study
Author(s) -
Livanos Ilias,
Zangelidis Alexandros
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12021
Subject(s) - unemployment , absenteeism , flexibility (engineering) , labour economics , economics , duration (music) , demographic economics , economic growth , art , literature , management
Using micro‐data from the E uropean U nion's L abour F orce S urvey for 28 countries this study investigates the incidence and intensity of individuals' sickness‐absence behavior, and assesses the importance of labor market characteristics like unemployment and the extent of atypical contracts and second job‐holding on individuals' sickness absence. The results identify that unemployment affects sickness absence through different pathways, exerting a negative effect on the probability of being absent and a positive effect on the duration of absence. In addition, the degree of second job‐holding and part‐time contracts in the labor market is found to be negatively related to individuals' sickness absence.