This paper investigates an alternative proxy for individual worker productivity in physical work settings: a direct … 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 …

on labour productivity, using a macroeconomic methodology. The health of the labour force is a key determinant of labour … productivity, with poor health comes both physical and mental stresses that corrode the productive capacity of workers. Within this … potentially unlocking a new avenue of productivity policy framework, aimed at health improvement rather than more traditional …

In the last decades, demographic change coupled with new and expensive medical innovations have put most health care … sustainable health care system. This paper investigates the performance of regional health care services in six West European … countries between 2005 and 2014. We apply a stochastic metafrontier model to capture the different conditions in the health care …