Anne May Melsom
University of Oslo
4 Papers
Anne May Melsom is an academic researcher from University of Oslo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Occupational segregation. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications.
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Occupational Segregation and Gender Differences in Sickness Absence: Evidence from 17 European Countries
Arne Mastekaasa,Anne May Melsom +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, Anne May Melsom and Arne Mastekaasa investigated the role of firms and workplaces for worker health in the EU LFS (2008) and concluded that "employer strategies for managing sick leaves and emplyee health over the decades are not well understood".
Long-term sickness absence during pregnancy and the gender balance of workplaces.
TL;DR: The analyses indicate a positive and significant relationship between the female proportion in workplaces and sickness absence rates during pregnancy, consistent with absence culture theory and more lenient norms concerning sickness absence during pregnancy at female-dominated workplaces.
Gender, occupational gender segregation and sickness absence: Longitudinal evidence
Anne May Melsom,Arne Mastekaasa +1 more
TL;DR: This article used individual fixed-effect models to account for selection based on stable individual characteristics and found a U-shaped relationship with high absence in both male and female-dominated occupations, which is primarily caused by overrepresentation of absence-prone individuals in femaledominatat...
The Gender of Managers and Sickness Absence
TL;DR: In this paper, the association between the gender of managers and sickness absence in workplaces was analyzed using Norwegian administrative register data, which is broadly representative of the private workforce and indicated a positive relationship between female managers and the prevalence of sickness absence rates.