Employee Absence in Public and Private Organizations

TY - JOUR

T1 - Employee Absence in Public and Private Organizations

AU - Eskildsen, Jacob Kjær

AU - Frederiksen, Anders

AU - Møller, Ann-Kristina Løkke

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - We study employee absence in Danish public and private organizations. Using data from four private and four public organizations we establish sector differences and that absence is predominantly an individualized phenomenon. Because the within-group variation in absence clearly dominates the between-group variation, we conclude that organizations need to invoke individualized policies to reduce employee absence, and we establish that incentives related to promotions and dismissals can be useful tools, as absence behaviour interacts with such incentives.

AB - We study employee absence in Danish public and private organizations. Using data from four private and four public organizations we establish sector differences and that absence is predominantly an individualized phenomenon. Because the within-group variation in absence clearly dominates the between-group variation, we conclude that organizations need to invoke individualized policies to reduce employee absence, and we establish that incentives related to promotions and dismissals can be useful tools, as absence behaviour interacts with such incentives.

KW - Absence

KW - absenteeism

KW - incentives

KW - labour supply

KW - person-effects

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098698804&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2020.1861206

DO - 10.1080/00036846.2020.1861206

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0003-6846

VL - 53

SP - 2416

EP - 2432

JO - Applied Economics

JF - Applied Economics

IS - 21

ER -