%0 Report
        %A Akogun, Oladele
%A Dillon, Andrew
%A Friedman, Jed
%A Prasann, Ashesh
%A Serneels, Pieter
        %T Productivity and Health: Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 11115
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11115
        %X 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.
        %K malaria
%K productivity measurement
%K labor productivity
%K field experiment