Replication Data for: Moving to Productivity: The Benefits of Healthy Buildings

Health is a critical factor for the generation of value by workers. Companies bear substantial costs associated with absenteeism and presenteeism among their employees. This study investigates the impact of the environmental conditions in the workplace on the health and job satisfaction of employees, as core factors of productivity. We provide evidence based on a natural experiment, in which 70% of the workforce of a municipality in the Netherlands was relocated to a building with a design focused on sustainability and health and well-being. We construct a longitudinal dataset based on individual surveys of the entire municipality workforce and include measures before and after the move. The estimation results show a significant improvement in the perceived environmental conditions, as well as in the health and well-being of the relocated workers, measured by the drop in incidence of sick building syndrome symptoms. Results are heterogeneous based on age: older groups of employees enjoy larger health impacts. The relocation effects remain persistent in the medium term (two years after the moving date). Importantly, a mediation analysis suggests that the achieved improvements in health and well-being lead to significantly enhanced job satisfaction and a 2% reduction in the prevalence of sick leave.健康是劳动者创造价值的关键影响因素。企业需承担与员工缺勤及出勤主义（presenteeism）相关的高额成本。本研究旨在探究职场环境条件对员工健康与工作满意度的影响——二者均为影响生产率的核心因素。本研究依托一项自然实验（natural experiment）获取实证证据：荷兰某市镇70%的员工被搬迁至一栋以可持续性、健康与福祉为核心设计理念的办公楼宇。本研究基于对该市镇全体员工的个体调查构建纵向数据集，涵盖搬迁前后的多项测量指标。研究估计结果显示，搬迁员工的主观职场环境感知、健康与福祉水平均得到显著改善，该改善可通过病态建筑综合征（Sick Building Syndrome, SBS）症状发生率的下降得以量化体现。研究结果存在显著的年龄异质性：年长员工群体获得的健康改善幅度更为显著。该搬迁带来的积极效应在中期（搬迁后两年）仍持续存在。尤为重要的是，中介效应分析（mediation analysis）结果表明，员工健康与福祉水平的提升显著改善了其工作满意度，并使病假患病率降低了2%。