Person:
Arocena Garro, Pablo

Profile Picture

Email Address

person.page.identifierURI

https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/48600

Birth Date

Research Projects

Organizational Units

Job Title

Last Name

Arocena Garro

First Name

Pablo

person.page.departamento

Gestión de Empresas

person.page.instituteName

INARBE. Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics

ORCID

0000-0002-4035-4597

person.page.upna

365

Name

Filters

20231
Reset filters

Settings

Subject: Absenteeism × Subject: Recovery time ×

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    PublicationOpen Access
    Determinants of the duration of sick leave due to occupational injuries: evidence from Spanish manufacturing
    (Elsevier, 2023) Arocena Garro, Pablo; García-Carrizosa, Laura M.; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    Introduction: Despite the significant economic impact of occupational injuries on companies and society, studies focused on analyzing the determinants of workdays lost due to sick leave remain scarce and incomplete. This paper contributes to this issue by (a) analyzing the drivers of sick leave duration, distinguishing factors that explain the health recovery time from those that could lead workers to a voluntary extension of the absence period, and (b) formulating and empirically testing the effect of gender, citizenship, temporary work, job tenure, amount of disability benefit, and size of the injured worker's firm on the number of days the employee is off work after the injury. Method: Hypotheses are tested on a comprehensive dataset that includes all nonfatal occupational injuries causing sick leave that occurred in the manufacturing sector in Spain during 2015¿2019, with more than 400,000 injuries. We conduct ordinary least squares and count data regression models in which the number of days off work is regressed on employees and work characteristics while accounting for a set of variables to control the injury's nature and severity. Results: The results show that after considering the intrinsic characteristics of the injury and the severity of the worker's injuries, women, native workers, workers with more seniority, workers with higher salaries, and those working in larger companies have longer periods of sick leave. The results suggest that moral hazard considerations significantly impact the time to return to work after an occupational injury. Practical applications: Based on the findings, several insights for company managers and public decision-makers are discussed. Specifically, interventions aimed at improving the organization of work and the working conditions of workers in manufacturing industries are highlighted, as well as the need to improve control and supervision mechanisms during the recovery process of injured workers.