Bande Ramudo, RobertoLópez Mourelo, ElvaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Instituto Universitario de Estudos e Desenvolvemento de Galicia (IDEGA). Facultade de CC. Económicas e Empresariais. Departamento de Fundamentos do Análise Económico2014-05-062014-05-062014-05-06http://hdl.handle.net/10347/10274This thesis examines absence from work due to sickness in Spain. The first chapter reviews the current state of knowledge related to theory, as well as empirical evidence relating to sickness absence in an economic context. The economic literature has stressed that labour supply factors such as gender and age are important in determining sickness absence, but, according to the empirical evidence, the effect of these two variables is uncertain. Chapters 2 and 3 aim to shed light on this debate by providing empirical evidence regarding the effect of gender and age, respectively, on sickness absence from work. Finally, Chapter 4 examines the contribution of government intervention in occupational health and safety (OSH) in giving rise to spatial differences in the incidence of workplace accidents.engEsta obra atópase baixo unha licenza internacional Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0. Calquera forma de reprodución, distribución, comunicación pública ou transformación desta obra non incluída na licenza Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 só pode ser realizada coa autorización expresa dos titulares, salvo excepción prevista pola lei. Pode acceder Vde. ao texto completo da licenza nesta ligazón: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.glhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.glWorker absenteeismSickness absenceWorkplace accidentsMaterias::Investigación::53 Ciencias económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas::531199 Otras (especificar)doctoral thesisopen access