Effects of Health, Job Incentives and Education on

Labor Productivity

Research Proposal
1.2 Problem Definition
Main purpose of this research work is to check the effect of health, labor force participation rate
and education on labor productivity. That how these are relevant to labor productivity and how
they effect directly or indirectly.

1.3 Research Objective

Objective of this research includes the relation among the labor productivity and the health of
labors that how they contribute to the high levels of production and consistent economic growth.
Partly it includes the relation of education too that educated labors are being observed more
productive than those of illiterate

3.1 Research Method

The methods I will use for this research are literature review, conduction of Questionnaires and
the statistical techniques.

3.4 Variables
Dependent and independent variables of labor productivity affected by health and education are
as following:

1. Dependent Variable:

Labor productivity

2. Independent Variable:

Health expenditure
Labor force participation rate
Education

3.5 Hypothesis
H1: If good health and education is provided to labors, then their productivity will be ultimately
raised.

UK Government Expenditure on Education.

Year

Population-UK
million

Education -total
billion

1979

54.32

16.01

1980

54.68

16.78

1981

54.98

17.21

1982

55.23

17.89

1983

55.89

18.32

1984

56.12

18.56

1985

56.22

19.25

1986

56.45

19.63

1987

56.75

20.23

1988

56.98

21.96

1989

57.221

22.00

1990

57.330

24.60

1991

57.439

26.50

1992

57.604

29.30

1993

57.770

32.73

1994

57.936

34.42

1995

58.103

36.05

1996

58.270

36.49

1997

58.438

37.29

1998

58.606

39.10

1999

58.775

40.56

2000

58.944

42.69

2001

59.114

46.45

2002

59.455

51.12

2003

59.799

54.74

2004

60.145

61.03

2005

60.493

65.12

2006

60.843

69.70

2007

61.194

73.03

2008

61.548

78.65

2009

61.904

83.00