企业对产假与病假的反应
The Response of Firms to Maternity Leave and Sickness Absence
Journal of Human Resources · 2023 · [{"name": "Ian M. Schmutte", "affiliation": ["Indiana State University"]}, {"name": "Meghan Skira", "affiliation": ["University of Georgia"]}]
中文摘要
我们研究雇主如何应对由产假和非工作相关病假引起的工人缺勤。利用巴西近一百万段休假的行政数据, 我们识别一段休假开始对职业就业、招聘和离职的短期效应。雇主立即通过增加招聘作出反应, 但招聘增幅显著低于一对一的完全替代。我们发现, 不同工人和岗位特征以及市场条件下存在适度的异质性, 但雇主反应的最大差异出现在产假与病假之间。总体而言, 我们的结果表明, 招聘替代性劳动力成本高昂, 企业通过其他渠道来管理缺勤。
Abstract
<h3>Abstract</h3> We study how employers respond to worker absences arising from maternity and non-work-related sickness leave. Using administrative data on nearly one million spells of leave in Brazil, we identify the short-run effects of a leave spell starting on occupational employment, hiring, and separations. Employers respond immediately by increasing hiring, but the increase is substantially less than one-for-one replacement. We find modest heterogeneity across worker and job characteristics and market conditions, but the largest differences in employer responses arise across maternity and sickness leave. Overall, our results imply that hiring replacement labor is costly and firms manage absences through other channels.