Does menstruation explain gender gaps in work absenteeism?
By: Jonah E. Rockoff, Mariesa A. Herrmann
Contributors: Herrmann, Mariesa A.; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 16523; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 16523.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: "Ichino and Moretti (2009) find that menstruation may contribute to gender gaps in absenteeism and earnings, based on evidence that absences of young female Italian bank employees follow a 28-day cycle.  We analyze absenteeism of teachers and find no evidence of increased female absenteeism on a 28-day cycle.  We also show that the evidence of 28-day cycles in the Italian data is not robust to the correction of coding errors or small changes in specification.  We show that five day workweeks can cause misleading group differences in absence hazards at multiples of 7, including 28 days"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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