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Productivity and Health : Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity / Oladele Akogun.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Akogun, Oladele.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Field Experiment.
- Health.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Inequality.
- Labor Productivity.
- Malaria.
- Productivity Measurement.
- Social Protections & Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Local Subjects:
- Field Experiment.
- Health.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Inequality.
- Labor Productivity.
- Malaria.
- Productivity Measurement.
- Social Protections & Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (40 pages)
- Other Title:
- Productivity and Health
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2017.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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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