Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249049 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2120
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
This study analyses whether the decision to work while sick can be linked to workload fluctuations. Drawing on data collected from professional soccer, we exploit the dynamics of a season and use additional (national and international) cup games conducted in the second half of a season as a source of exogenous variation. We find robust evidence that players are 6.1 percentage points more likely to return from injuries earlier than expected when their teams are exposed to a high workload. The effect is driven by players who are more important to their teams and those who are less vulnerable to injuries. Finally, we find that presenteeism comes at the cost of an early comeback significantly shortening the time until the next injury by approximately 27 days.
Subjects: 
sickness absence
presenteeism
workload variations
soccer
JEL: 
I19
J22
Z2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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