Productivity and Health
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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This paper investigates an alternative
proxy for individual worker productivity in physical work
settings: a direct measure of physical activity using an
accelerometer. First, the paper compares worker labor
outcomes, such as labor supply and daily productivity
obtained from firm personnel data, with physical activity;
they are strongly related. Second, the paper investigates
the effect of a health intervention on physical activity,
using a temporally randomized offer of malaria testing and
treatment. Workers who are offered this program reallocate
time from lower intensity activities in favor of higher
intensity activities when they work.
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LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT, MALARIA, HEALTH, FIELD EXPERIMENT