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dc.contributor.authorGoerke, Laszloen
dc.contributor.authorPannenberg, Markusen
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-30-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-13T11:20:32Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-13T11:20:32Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/62333-
dc.description.abstractIn 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that trade union members are dismissed less often than non-members, we construct a model to predict how absence behaviour will respond to the sick pay reform. We show that union members may have stronger incentives to be absent and to react to the cut in sick pay. In the empirical investigation, we find a positive relationship between trade union membership and absence due to sickness and observe more pronounced reactions to the cut in sick pay among union members than among non-members. These findings suggest that more flexibility in the use of paid absence due to sickness constitutes a private gain from trade union membership.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research |x470en
dc.subject.jelI18en
dc.subject.jelJ51en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keyworddifference-in-differencesen
dc.subject.keywordsickness-related absenceen
dc.subject.keywordSocio-Economic Panel (SOEP)en
dc.subject.keywordstatutory sick payen
dc.subject.keywordtrade union membershipen
dc.titleTrade union membership and sickness absence: Evidence from a sick pay reform-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn722920369en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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