Gone Fishing! Reported Sickness Absenteeism and the Weather

Weather and Intertemporal Labor Supply: Results from German Time‐Use Data

“…The former study finds evidence for income targeting while the latter two studies produce evidence consistent with the neoclassical labor supply model implying intertemporal substitution of labor. Shi and Skuterud () use weather changes to show that reported sickness absenteeism increases as weather conditions become more favorable to recreational activities. Closest to our approach are the contributions by Connolly () and Graff Zivin and Neidell () who both draw on US time‐use data.…”

Trade union membership and paid vacation in Germany

“…With respect to vacation time, the evidence is even scarcer. It suggests that individuals covered by collective bargaining agreements enjoy longer vacations in the United States (Buckley 1989, Buchmueller et al 2004 and Japan (Ohtake 2003) and higher vacation entitlements in Great Britain (Green 1997, Bryan 2006, while the evidence for Canada is mixed (Fakih 2014, Shi andSkuterud 2015). 2 Furthermore, individual union membership enhances vacation entitlements in Great Britain (Bryson and Forth 2011, p. 267 f ) and both entitlements and the days of vacation taken in the United States (Green and Potepan 1988, Buchmueller et al 2004, Maume 2006, Altonji and Usui 2007.…”

“…for the United States, andBryan (2006) for the United Kingdom.2 Note thatFakih (2014) combines information on coverage and individual union membership, whereasShi and Skuterud (2015) present evidence with respect to the probability of being absent in a reference week due to vacation Freeman (1981). furthermore shows that the costs of vacation pay in the United States are higher if there is collective bargaining.…”

Absenteeism on bridging days

“…In both studies, the effect was limited to young men, whereas women and older men did not show any irregular absence patterns. Shi and Skuterud (2015) find that Canadian workers are more likely to be absent from work when the weather is better. These results can be interpreted as evidence for (more) shirking when the relative value of leisure is greater.…”