| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14687 |
| DP14687 The Ties That Bind Us: Social Networks and Productivity in the Factory | |
| Farzana Afridi; Amrita Dhillon; Swati Sharma | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-04-30 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We use high frequency worker level productivity data from garment manufacturing units in India to study the effects of caste-based social networks on individual and group productivity when workers are complements in the production function but wages are paid at the individual level. Using exogenous variation in production line composition for almost 35,000 worker-days, we find that a 1 percentage point increase in the share of own caste workers in the line increases daily individual productivity by about 10 percentage points. The lowest performing worker increases her effort by more than 15 percentage points when the production line has a more homogeneous caste composition. Production externalities that impose financial costs due to worker's poor performance on co-workers within her social network can explain our findings. Our results suggest that even in the absence of explicit group-based financial incentives, social networks can be leveraged to improve both worker and group productivity. |
| 主题 | Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Caste Social Networks Labor productivity Assembly lines India |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14687 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543603 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Farzana Afridi,Amrita Dhillon,Swati Sharma. DP14687 The Ties That Bind Us: Social Networks and Productivity in the Factory. 2020. |
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