People everywhere sometimes pretend to be sick on a Friday because a day off work means a three-day weekend. In Italy, sick workers may now get a surprise home visit from the doctor. Tito Boeri tells Tim Phillips how effective this has been as a cure for “Friday morning fever”.

The paper discussed is:
Boeri, T, Di Porto, E, Naticchioni, P and Scrutinio, V. 2021. ‘Friday Morning Fever. Evidence from a Randomized Experiment on Sick Leave Monitoring in the Public Sector.’. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research.