Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174025 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11115
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
labor productivity
productivity measurement
malaria
field experiment
JEL: 
I12
J22
J24
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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