Health Information, Treatment, and Worker Productivity : Experimental Evidence from Malaria Testing and Treatment among Nigerian Sugarcane Cutters

Agricultural and other physically demanding sectors are important sources of growth in developing countries but prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impact the productivity, labor supply, and choice of job tasks among workers by reducing ph...

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Main Authors:	Dillon, Andrew, Friedman, Jed, Serneels, Pieter
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM ACCESS TO TREATMENT ADULT MALES ANAEMIA BACK MALARIA BLOOD SAMPLES BURDEN OF MALARIA CHOICE OF OCCUPATION CLINICS COMA COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC METHODS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE MANIFESTATIONS DISEASE TRANSMISSION DOWNWARD BIAS EARNING ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYABILITY ENDEMIC AREAS ESTIMATED PRODUCTIVITY FAMILIES FATIGUE FEVER FIELD WORK HEADACHES HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH BELIEFS HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICY HEALTH RESEARCH HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HIGH WAGE HIV HIV INFECTION HIV TESTING HIV/AIDS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE ILLNESSES IMMUNE DISORDERS IMPACT OF MALARIA INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INFECTION RATE INFECTIONS INNOVATION INTERVENTION IRON IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA JOBS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR ALLOCATION DECISIONS LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA DIAGNOSIS MALARIA INFECTION MALARIA INFECTIONS MALARIA MORBIDITY MALARIA PARASITES MALARIA PREVENTION MALARIA SYMPTOMS MALARIA TRANSMISSION MALNUTRITION MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINE MEDICINES MENINGITIS MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTIVATION NAUSEA NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OCCUPATIONS PARASITOLOGY PATIENT PATIENTS PERSONNEL PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICAL WORK PHYSIOLOGY PNEUMONIA POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVALENCE PREVIOUS STUDY PREVIOUS WORK PRIME AGE PRIVATE COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY BENEFIT PRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE PUBLIC HEALTH REASONABLE ASSUMPTION RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION SCHISTOSOMA SCHISTOSOMIASIS SEX SEXUAL PRACTICES SOCIAL NETWORKS SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS THERAPY TROPICAL MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL VACCINE VOMITING WAGE GAINS WAGE INCREASES WAGES WORK CAPACITY WORK FORCE WORK GROUPS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS WORKING WORKPLACE YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20421868/health-information-treatment-worker-productivity-experimental-evidence-malaria-testing-treatment-among-nigerian-sugarcane-cutters http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20645