Worker absence and shirking: Evidence from matched teacher-school data

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-334

  Bradley, Steve ^a   Green, Colin ^a,b   Leeves, Gareth ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Group Interaction Effects; Shirking

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247233059     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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