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Keeping the Production Line Running

Internal Substitution and Employee Absence

Lena Hensvik and Olof Rosenqvist
Journal of Human Resources, January 2019, 54 (1) 200-224; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.1.0516.7914R1
Lena Hensvik
Lena Hensvik is an associate professor of economics at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) in Uppsala, Sweden
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Olof Rosenqvist
Olof Rosenqvist is a post-doc researcher at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) in Uppsala, Sweden
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