New evidence on the determinants of absenteeism using linked employer-employee data

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-120

  Dionne, Georges ^a   Dostie, Benoit ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 36448990828     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390706100106     Document Type: Article

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