Productivity and Health : Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity
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...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/570501509367049786/Productivity-and-health-alternative-productivity-estimates-using-physical-activity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28612 |
| 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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