Much of the economic cost of mental illness stems from workers' reduced productivity. Using
nationally representative panel data we analyze the links between mental health and two …

This paper provides an analytical framework and uses data from the US and Germany to test
for the existence of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sick leave …

This paper provides a statistical method to explore both absenteeism and presenteeism from
the same data set. It allows us to elicit the link between these phenomena and then to put …

Presenteeism refers to attending work despite being ill. This article focuses on this
innovative organizational concept. Data from nurses at a major Portuguese public hospital …

Absenteeism is an important feature of the labour market, imposing significant costs on
employers and the economy as a whole. This paper is the first to use a large labour force …

Poor health in the workforce is costly to employers and the economy. This is partly due to
health problems causing people to spend less time at work but is also due to people being …

This paper exploits temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of nine city-and four
state-level US sick pay mandates to assess their labor market consequences. We use the …

Sickness presenteeism, ie going to work while sick, can cause substantial productivity
losses. Focusing on work‐related characteristics, we investigate the determinants of the …

Presenteeism, ie attending work while sick, is widespread and associated with significant
costs. Still, economic analyses of this phenomenon are rare. In a theoretical model, we show …

The purpose of the present study is to theorize and test the moderating effects of two
variables—the way presenteeism is operationalized and the presence of a preexisting …