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"We shed new light on the effects of having children on hourly wages by exploiting access to data on the entire population of employed same-sex twins in Denmark. Our second contribution is the use of administrative data on absenteeism; the amount of hours off due to holidays and sickness. Our results suggest that childbearing reduces female hourly wages but the principal explanation is in fact mothers' higher levels of absence. We find a positive wage premium for fathers."

"Objectives
Previous studies have consistently reported evidence of large significant associations between measures of psychological health and sickness absence. Some of this association, however, may be confounded by relevant covariates that have not been controlled. By using data with repeated observations from the same individuals, this study aimed to quantify the bias due to unobserved characteristics that are time invariant.
Methods
Longitudinal data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey were used to estimate negative binomial regression models of the number of annual paid sickness absence days. Observations spanning the period 2005–2012, and covering all employed persons aged 15–64 years, were used (56 348 observations from 13 622 individuals).
Results
Significant associations between the number of paid sickness absence days taken each year and scores on the mental health subscale of the SF-36 (MHI-5) were found. Inclusion of correlated random effects (which effectively control for unobserved person-specific factors that do not vary over time), however, resulted in a marked decline in the magnitude of this association. For persons with severe depressive symptoms (MHI-5 ?52), the estimated incidence rate ratios were in the range 1.13–1.14 for men and 1.10–1.12 for women.
Conclusions
Poor mental health is a risk factor affecting work attendance, but the magnitude of this effect, at least in a country where the rate of sickness absence is relatively low, is modest."

"Les études mesurant les effets des facteurs psychosociaux au travail sur la santé mentale utilisent de préférence les modèles largement documentés de demande-latitude-support (DLS) de Karasek et al. et de déséquilibre-effort-reconnaissance (DER) de Siegrist. Or il existe d'autres modèles théoriques encore peu documentés, exploités et/ou analysés. Par une revue de littérature d'études prospectives réalisées dans les pays industrialisés de 1990 à 2010, notre article a pour objectif de présenter les modèles DLS et DER et de préciser leurs limites, d'exposer l'état des connaissances concernant l'effet sur la santé mentale des facteurs psychosociaux de trois modèles émergents (la justice organisationnelle, le leadership, et la prévisibilité – ou prédictabilité – au travail), et de déterminer si ces effets sont indépendants des modèles DLS et DER. Les résultats des études démontrent que les facteurs psychosociaux mesurés par le modèle de la justice organisationnelle ont des effets délétères sur la santé mentale, indépendamment des modèles DLS et DER. Des effets négatifs du leadership et de la prévisibilité sur la santé mentale ont également été observés dans une majorité des études, mais le nombre limité d'études prospectives ne permet pas de conclure de façon aussi assurée au statut explicatif de ces modèles. Quoi qu'il en soit, les modèles émergents permettent de mesurer certains facteurs psychosociaux non pris en compte par les modèles DLS et DER et nous semblent mériter d'être intégrés dans de futures études prospectives sur la santé au travail."

"Objective The aim of this study was to examine whether shared and open-plan offices are associated with more days of sickness absence than cellular offices. Methods The analysis was based on a national survey of Danish inhabitants between 18–59 years of age (response rate 62%), and the study population consisted of the 2403 employees that reported working in offices. The different types of offices were characterized according to self-reported number of occupants in the space. The log-linear Poisson model was used to model the number of self-reported sickness absence days depending on the type of office; the analysis was adjusted for age, gender, socioeconomic status, body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking habits, and physical activity during leisure time. Results Sickness absence was significantly related to having a greater number of occupants in the office (P<0.001) when adjusting for confounders. Compared to cellular offices, occupants in 2-person offices had 50% more days of sickness absence [rate ratio (RR) 1.50, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.13–1.98], occupants in 3–6-person offices had 36% more days of sickness absence (RR 1.36, 95% CI 1.08–1.73), and occupants in open-plan offices (>6 persons) had 62% more days of sickness absence (RR 1.62, 95% CI 1.30–2.02). Conclusion Occupants sharing an office and occupants in open-plan offices (>6 occupants) had significantly more days of sickness absence than occupants in cellular offices."