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

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dc.contributor.authorDillon, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorFriedman, Jed
dc.contributor.authorSerneels, Pieter
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-03T22:06:20Z
dc.date.available2014-12-03T22:06:20Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.description.abstractAgricultural 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 physical capacity. This study identifies the impact of malaria on worker earnings, labor supply, and daily productivity by randomizing the temporal order at which piece-rate workers at a large sugarcane plantation in Nigeria are offered malaria testing and treatment. The results indicate a significant and substantial intent to treat effect of the intervention -- the offer of a workplace-based malaria testing and treatment program increases worker earnings by approximately 10 percent over the weeks following the offer. The study further investigates the effect of health information by contrasting program effects by workers' revealed health status. For workers who test positive for malaria, the treatment of illness increases labor supply, leading to higher earnings. For workers who test negative, and especially for those workers most likely to be surprised by the healthy diagnosis, the health information also leads to increased earnings via increased productivity. Possible mechanisms for this response include selection into higher return tasks within the plantation as a result of changes in the perceived cost of effort. A model of the worker labor decision that allows health expectations partly to determine the supply of effort suggests that, in endemic settings with poor quality health services, inaccurate health perceptions may lead workers to suboptimal labor allocation decisions. The results underline the importance of medical treatment, but also of access to improved information about one's health status, as the absence of either may lead workers to deliver lower effort in lower return jobs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20421868/health-information-treatment-worker-productivity-experimental-evidence-malaria-testing-treatment-among-nigerian-sugarcane-cutters
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7120
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/20645
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7120
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSENTEEISM
dc.subjectACCESS TO TREATMENT
dc.subjectADULT MALES
dc.subjectANAEMIA
dc.subjectBACK MALARIA
dc.subjectBLOOD SAMPLES
dc.subjectBURDEN OF MALARIA
dc.subjectCHOICE OF OCCUPATION
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOMA
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDIAGNOSIS
dc.subjectDIAGNOSTIC METHODS
dc.subjectDISABILITY
dc.subjectDISEASE
dc.subjectDISEASE MANIFESTATIONS
dc.subjectDISEASE TRANSMISSION
dc.subjectDOWNWARD BIAS
dc.subjectEARNING
dc.subjectECONOMIC COSTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEMPLOYABILITY
dc.subjectENDEMIC AREAS
dc.subjectESTIMATED PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFATIGUE
dc.subjectFEVER
dc.subjectFIELD WORK
dc.subjectHEADACHES
dc.subjectHEALTH BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectHEALTH BELIEFS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH PLANNING
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH RESEARCH
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectHEALTH WORKERS
dc.subjectHIGH WAGE
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHIV INFECTION
dc.subjectHIV TESTING
dc.subjectHIV/AIDS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectILLNESSES
dc.subjectIMMUNE DISORDERS
dc.subjectIMPACT OF MALARIA
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectINFECTION RATE
dc.subjectINFECTIONS
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectIRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR ALLOCATION
dc.subjectLABOR ALLOCATION DECISIONS
dc.subjectLABOR CONTRACTS
dc.subjectLABOR COSTS
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLABORERS
dc.subjectLYMPHATIC FILARIASIS
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMALARIA CASES
dc.subjectMALARIA CONTROL
dc.subjectMALARIA DIAGNOSIS
dc.subjectMALARIA INFECTION
dc.subjectMALARIA INFECTIONS
dc.subjectMALARIA MORBIDITY
dc.subjectMALARIA PARASITES
dc.subjectMALARIA PREVENTION
dc.subjectMALARIA SYMPTOMS
dc.subjectMALARIA TRANSMISSION
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectMEDICINE
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMENINGITIS
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNAUSEA
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectPARASITOLOGY
dc.subjectPATIENT
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPERSONNEL
dc.subjectPHYSICAL HEALTH
dc.subjectPHYSICAL WORK
dc.subjectPHYSIOLOGY
dc.subjectPNEUMONIA
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPRESENT EVIDENCE
dc.subjectPREVALENCE
dc.subjectPREVIOUS STUDY
dc.subjectPREVIOUS WORK
dc.subjectPRIME AGE
dc.subjectPRIVATE COSTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY BENEFIT
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GAINS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY INCREASE
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectREASONABLE ASSUMPTION
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectSCHISTOSOMA
dc.subjectSCHISTOSOMIASIS
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSEXUAL PRACTICES
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSYMPTOMS
dc.subjectSYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS
dc.subjectTHERAPY
dc.subjectTROPICAL MEDICINE
dc.subjectTUBERCULOSIS
dc.subjectTUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
dc.subjectVACCINE
dc.subjectVOMITING
dc.subjectWAGE GAINS
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWORK CAPACITY
dc.subjectWORK FORCE
dc.subjectWORK GROUPS
dc.subjectWORK IN PROGRESS
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectWORKER PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORKING
dc.subjectWORKPLACE
dc.subjectYOUNGER WORKERS
dc.titleHealth Information, Treatment, and Worker Productivity : Experimental Evidence from Malaria Testing and Treatment among Nigerian Sugarcane Cuttersen
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okr.crossref.titleHealth Information, Treatment, and Worker Productivity: Experimental Evidence from Malaria Testing and Treatment among Nigerian Sugarcane Cutters
okr.date.disclosure2014-11-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:37:55.524390Z
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20421868/health-information-treatment-worker-productivity-experimental-evidence-malaria-testing-treatment-among-nigerian-sugarcane-cutters
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7120
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryNigeria
okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Health
okr.themeHuman development :: Malaria
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicWork and Working Conditions
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicDisease Control and Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitPoverty and Inequality Team, Development Research Group
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