Published in: The Australian Economic Review, No. 112, 4th Quarter 1995, pp. 43-58. [http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1467-8462.1995.tb00903.x] Absence Penalties and Work Attendance Jeffrey Balchin and Mark Wooden* Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, respectively. * The authors would like to thank Robert Drago, Tim Barmby, Peter Kenyon and two anonymous referees for helpful advice and comments on earlier versions of this paper. Responsibility for any remaining errors, of course, remains with the authors. The data used in this article can be obtained from the Australian Department of Industrial Relations, GPO Box 9879, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.