Analysing absence behaviour using event history models

This paper analyses the absence behaviour of a group of industrial workers. Part of their remuneration scheme comprises an experience rated sick-pay scheme (linking level of sickpay to past absence) which determines the cost of a day's absence for a worker, both contemporaneously and in terms o...

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Published inManagerial and decision economics Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 141 - 145
Main Authors Barmby, Tim, Sibly, Suzyrman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.04.2004
John Wiley and Sons
Wiley Periodicals Inc
SeriesManagerial and Decision Economics
Subjects
Absenteeism
Assembly lines
Behavior
Cost estimation models
Costs
Decision making
Economic costs
Economic models
Economics
Employee compensation
Illness
Leaves of absence
Management
Markov analysis
Markov models
Modeling
Personnel economics
Personnel policies
Probability
Sick leave
Software
Startup costs
Studies
Treble
Workers
Workplace absenteeism
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Summary:This paper analyses the absence behaviour of a group of industrial workers. Part of their remuneration scheme comprises an experience rated sick-pay scheme (linking level of sickpay to past absence) which determines the cost of a day's absence for a worker, both contemporaneously and in terms of expected future cost. This cost is explicitly computed for each worker and we show that this cost is negatively related to absence. Using an event history model with a Markov structure for the absence histories the size of this effect is shown to depend on the state occupied.
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ISSN:0143-6570
1099-1468
DOI:10.1002/mde.1136