Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on work organization, performance and health. Design/methodology/approach – The authors provide a general review of the literature and describe the main findings of the papers appearing in this special issue. Findings –...

Purpose – The paper aims to introduce the special issue of IJM , a collection of papers that were originally presented at the 88 th Applied Econometrics Association Conference. Design/methodology/approach – Provides a general outline of the focus of the issue. Findings – The conference...

Purpose – To ease adjustments in the labour market, many countries have softened their legislation since the 1970s by introducing flexible labour contracts or by making their use easier. The purpose of this paper is to document labour management of temporary contracts during the last 20 years...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of wage dispersion on sickness absenteeism observed in Belgian firms. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use detailed linked employer-employee panel data for the period 1999-2006 that allow the authors to compute a...

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