Browsing Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi by Author "Melsom, Anne May"

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  • The gender of managers and sickness absence 
    Melsom, Anne May (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
    This study analyses the association between the gender of managers and sickness absence in workplaces. It uses Norwegian administrative register data which are broadly representative of the private workforce. Previous ...
  • Gender, occupational gender segregation and sickness absence: Longitudinal evidence 
    Melsom, Anne May; Mastekaasa, Arne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Women have much higher sickness absence rates than men. One prominent hypothesis is that this is a result of gender segregation in the labour market and the differences in employment or working conditions that follow from ...
  • Occupational segregation and gender differences in sickness absence: Evidence from 17 European countries 
    Mastekaasa, Arne; Melsom, Anne May (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    Previous research indicates that women fare less well than men on a wide range of healthrelated measures, including sickness absence from work. Possible explanations are that women have—on average—less healthy jobs than ...