Family Employees and Absenteeism
14 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2014
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Family Employees and Absenteeism
Abstract
Work effort varies greatly across employees, as evidenced by substantial differences in absence rates. Moreover, absenteeism causes sizeable output losses. Using data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), this paper investigates absence behavior of family employees, i.e. workers who are employed in enterprises owned by a relative. Our estimates indicate that being a family employee instead of a regular employee in the private sector significantly reduces both the probability and duration of absence to a substantial degree.
Keywords: absenteeism, family employees, European Community Household Panel, work effort
JEL Classification: I10, J22, M50
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