Year: 2010
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study, using the EU-LFS, examines the determinants of sickness absence in 26 EU countries. The analysis highlights the importance of demographic and workplace characteristics and of institutional and societal conditions. Female workers aged 26-35 exhibit higher absenteeism, possibly reflecting the level of high household labour pressure. Increased job insecurity, captured by temporary contracts, and labour market uncertainty, reflected in higher unemployment rates, have a negative effect on absenteeism. Finally, individual sickness absence is lower in countries with higher proportion of dependent/out of the labour market individuals, probably because of the increasing pressure labour active people may experience.
Authors: Ilias Livanos, Alexandros Zangelidis
Institutions: University of Warwick, University of Aberdeen
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1773925873