Worker Absence and Productivity: Evidence from Teaching

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Herrmann, Mariesa A.; Rockoff, Jonah E.
• 署名单位: Columbia University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Columbia University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/666537
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 749-782
• 关键词: student-achievement; HEALTH; absenteeism; teachers; presenteeism; performance; QUALITY; POLICY

摘要

A significant amount of work time is lost each year due to worker absence, but evidence on the productivity losses from absenteeism remains scant due to difficulties with identification. We use uniquely detailed data on the timing, duration, and cause of absences among teachers to address many of the potential biases from the endogeneity of worker absence. Our analysis indicates that worker absences have large negative impacts: the expected loss in daily productivity from employing a temporary substitute is on par with replacing a regular worker of average productivity with one at the 10th-20th percentile of productivity.