sickness insurance schemes. First, we theoretically decompose moral hazard into shirking and contagious presenteeism behavior …. Then we derive testable conditions for reduced shirking, increased presenteeism, and the level of overall moral hazard when …This paper proposes a test for the existence and the degree of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in …

sickness insurance schemes. First, we theoretically decompose moral hazard into shirking and contagious presenteeism behavior …. Then we derive testable conditions for reduced shirking, increased presenteeism, and the level of overall moral hazard when …This paper proposes a test for the existence and the degree of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in …

to paid sick leave and (ii) suppressed sick leave ("presenteeism"). Thirty-five percent of US full-time employees lack …This paper profiles the sick leave landscape in the US – the only industrialized country without universal access to …), a representative and comprehensive database on sick leave in the US. The two binary outcome variables measure (i) access …

This paper exploits temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of US sick pay mandates to assess their labor … paid sick leave per work week, up to seven days per year. Joint tests for all treatment regions let us exclude, with 90 …

Unlike most developed countries, the U.S. lacks a federal paid sick leave policy. As a result, many workers must choose …