Impact of illness on the decision between absence and attendance at work: Economic analysis of presenteeism : evidence from Luxembourg ; Impact de la maladie sur la décision d'absence ou de présence au travail : analyse économique du présentéisme, appliquée au Luxembourg

This thesis focuses on presenteeism at work, a phenomenon that refers to the behavior of employees who go to work although they are sick. Our goal is to try to answer the following question: what is the decision process that leads an individual who is temporarily affected by sickness to decide to report sick and/or to attend despite the illness? Specifically, our goal is to study the determinants that lead a sick employee to choose between three options: a total absence (the employee is absent for the whole duration of the spell of illness), total attendance (he works for the whole duration),... Mehr ...