TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Akogun, Oladele
AU  - Dillon, Andrew
AU  - Friedman, Jed
AU  - Prasann, Ashesh
AU  - Serneels, Pieter
        TI  - Productivity and Health: Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity
        PY  - 2017/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11115
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11115
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - malaria
KW  - productivity measurement
KW  - labor productivity
KW  - field experiment
        ER  -