Paid Sick-Leave: Is It a Good Way to Control Epidemics?

Shaojuan Liao; Yifei Ma; Jiangzhuo Chen; Achla Marathe

Complex Sciences. Second International Conference, COMPLEX 2012, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5-7, 2012, Revised Selected Papers

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Paid Sick-Leave: Is It a Good Way to Control Epidemics?

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_19,
    author={Shaojuan Liao and Yifei Ma and Jiangzhuo Chen and Achla Marathe},
    title={Paid Sick-Leave: Is It a Good Way to Control Epidemics?},
    proceedings={Complex Sciences. Second International Conference, COMPLEX 2012, Santa Fe, NM, USA, December 5-7, 2012, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={COMPLEX},
    year={2013},
    month={11},
    keywords={epidemics simulation influenza public health economic analysis social welfare sensitivity analysis},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_19}
}

Shaojuan Liao
Yifei Ma
Jiangzhuo Chen
Achla Marathe
Year: 2013
Paid Sick-Leave: Is It a Good Way to Control Epidemics?
COMPLEX
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_19

Shaojuan Liao¹, Yifei Ma, Jiangzhuo Chen¹, Achla Marathe

1: Virginia Tech

Abstract

This research considers an economic intervention i.e. a paid sick leave policy to control an Influenza epidemic. Research has shown that “presenteeism” i.e. sick workers coming to work, costs employers more than “absenteeism” because sick workers put their coworkers at risk and are less productive.

Keywords: epidemics simulation influenza public health economic analysis social welfare sensitivity analysis

Published: 2013-11-26

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03473-7_19

Paid Sick-Leave: Is It a Good Way to Control Epidemics?

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