An alternative model of pro-cyclical absenteeism

Economics Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-34

  Kaivanto, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Business cycle; Household production model; Time allocation; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287019     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(97)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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