Presenteeism when employers are under pressure: evidence from a high‐stakes environment
利用职业足球赛季数据，研究发现球队赛程密集时，球员提前伤愈复出的概率提高6.3个百分点，但代价是下次受伤时间提前约16天。
Abstract This study analyses whether the decision to work while sick can be linked to workload fluctuations. Drawing on data collected from professional football, 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 6.3 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 16 days.