Measuring the effects of work loss on productivity with team production

Health Economics (United Kingdom) - Tập 15 Số 2 - Trang 111-123 - 2006
Sean Nicholson1, Mark V. Pauly2, Daniel Polsky3, Claire Sharda4, Helena Szrek2, Marc L. Berger4
1Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, USA
2Health Care Systems Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
3General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
4USHH Outcomes Research & Management, Merck & Co., Inc., USA

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AbstractUsing data from a survey of 800 managers in 12 industries, we find empirical support for the hypothesis that the cost associated with missed work varies across jobs according to the ease with which a manager can find a perfect replacement for the absent worker, the extent to which the worker functions as part of a team, and the time sensitivity of the worker's output. We then estimate wage ‘multipliers’ for 35 different jobs, where the multiplier is defined as the cost to the firm of an absence as a proportion (often greater than one) of the absent worker's daily wage. The median multiplier is 1.28, which supports the view that the cost to the firm of missed work is often greater than the wage. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Tập 15 Số 2

111-123

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