A household model for work absence

Citation
P. Johansson et K. Brannas, A household model for work absence, APPL ECON, 30(11), 1998, pp. 1493-1503
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
APPLIED ECONOMICS
ISSN journal
00036846 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1493 - 1503
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6846(199811)30:11<1493:AHMFWA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The economic incentives of work absence are empirically studied using a pan el of Swedish blue collar workers, both men and women, that either are marr ied or living with a spouse as married. A model for the daily absence decis ion is derived from standard economic utility theory. An estimable form for the annual number of absence days is obtained by considering the data gene rating process in some detail. The model is estimated, using the first two moments, with a generalized method of moment estimator. The panel structure of the data is explicitly considered and a positive dependence between the number of days absent in the two time periods is found for females. A 1% i ncrease in the cost will lead to a decrease in the mean number of days abse nt by 1.8 and 2.7% for females and males, respectively.