The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior

Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R.

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“…A simulation study found that having employees infected with influenza stay home and out of the workplace could reduce influenza transmission in the workplace by 25–40%, and providing PSL would reduce workplace infections by 6% [34]. Another study reported that the spread of ILI decreased by about 5% after some U.S. cities mandated worker access to PSL benefits [35]. A recent study also found that children of parent with PSL benefits were more likely to receive flu vaccination [36].…”

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Paid sick leave benefits, influenza vaccination, and taking sick days due to influenza-like illness among U.S. workers

Zhai

Santibanez

Kahn

et al. 2018

Vaccine

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Introduction: Staying home when sick can reduce the spread of influenza. The objectives of this study were to quantify the percentage of workers who had paid sick leave (PSL) benefits, examine sociodemographic characteristics that may be associated with having these benefits, and examine the association between having PSL benefits and use of sick days and influenza vaccination status. Methods: The public-use dataset from the 2009 National H1N1 Flu Survey (NHFS) were analyzed in 2017. Wald chi-square tests and t-tests were used to test for associations between having PSL benefits and sociodemographic characteristics and industry and occupation groups, the associations between having PSL benefits and seeking treatment when sick with influenza-like illness (ILI), and taking days off work when sick with ILI. Logistic regression was used to determine variables associated with having PSL benefits and the association between having PSL benefits and influenza vaccination status. Results: Sixty-one percent of employed adults reported having PSL benefits during the 2009–10 influenza season. Being younger, female, Hispanic, less educated, or a farm/blue collar worker were associated with reduced likelihood of having PSL benefits. Not having PSL benefits was associated with a lower likelihood of receiving an influenza vaccination and visiting a health professional when sick with ILI. Conclusions: The percentage of workers who have PSL benefits differs by sociodemographic characteristics and industry/occupation groups. Offering PSL benefits along with promoting influenza vaccination and encouraging employees with ILI to stay home can increase influenza vaccination coverage and help control the spread of influenza.

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Paid sick leave benefits, influenza vaccination, and taking sick days due to influenza-like illness among U.S. workers

Zhai

Santibanez

Kahn

et al. 2018

Vaccine

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“…Presenteeism is also important in that it goes along with several undesirable side effects. It is not just that sick workers are usually less productive 1 , going to work when ill may also spread infectious diseases to co-workers (see, e.g., Pichler and Ziebarth, 2015), exacerbate individuals' bad health status, and result in long-term health problems (as shown by Hansen and Andersen, 2009). Some observers (like Hemp, 2004) thus argue that presenteeism is even more costly and harmful than absenteeism, i.e.…”

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Coming to work while sick: an economic theory of presenteeism with an application to German data

Hirsch

Lechmann

Schnabel³

2017

Oxford Economic Papers

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“…This provides stronger evidence that some of increase in absenteeism may be arising due workers abusing 23 A smaller strand of the literature examines presenteeism -the act of attending work while sick -more explicitly. See, for example, Pichler and Ziebarth (2015), Markussen, Mykletun, and Røed (2012), and Dew, Keefe, and Small (2005).…”

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Paid Sick Leave and Absenteeism: The First Evidence from the U.S.

Ahn

Yelowitz

2016

SSRN Journal

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Using a balanced sample of workers from the NHIS, we estimate of the impact of paid sick leave (PSL) insurance on absenteeism in the United States. PSL increases absenteeism by 1.2 days per year, a large effect given the typical benefit duration. Consistent with moral hazard, the effects are concentrated in moderate sick days, not severe ones. In addition, we merge the NHIS with Google Flu Trends. Severe influenza outbreaks lead workers to exhaust sick days, consequently leading to a replacement rate of zero for additional absences. Consistent with a lower replacement rate, worker absenteeism is reduced on the margin. We thank Glenn Blomquist, Frank Scott, Bill Hoyt, John Garen and Tim Harris for helpful comments. We also thank Matthis Schendstok for research assistance. Any errors are, of course, our own.2

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The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Shirking Behavior

Cited by 8 publications

References 59 publications

Paid sick leave benefits, influenza vaccination, and taking sick days due to influenza-like illness among U.S. workers

Paid sick leave benefits, influenza vaccination, and taking sick days due to influenza-like illness among U.S. workers

Coming to work while sick: an economic theory of presenteeism with an application to German data

Paid Sick Leave and Absenteeism: The First Evidence from the U.S.

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