Quitting and peer effects at work

Rosaz, J; Slonim, R; Villeval, MC

Quitting and peer effects at work

Rosaz, J Slonim, R Villeval, MC

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Publisher:: Elsevier BV
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Labour Economics, 2016, 39, pp. 55-67
Issue Date:: 2016-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rosaz, J
dc.contributor.author	Slonim, R
dc.contributor.author	Villeval, MC
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-11T08:44:54Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-11T08:44:54Z
dc.date.issued	2016-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	Labour Economics, 2016, 39, pp. 55-67
dc.identifier.issn	0927-5371
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/159961
dc.description.abstract	This paper studies the influence of peers on the extensive margin of effort at work by means of a real-effort experiment in which subjects have to decide on the intensity of effort and when to stop working. Participants perform a task alone or in the presence of a peer. The feedback on the co-worker's output is manipulated and we vary whether the two workers can communicate. We find that when communication is allowed, the average productivity per unit of time and the quitting time are not increased but the presence of a peer causes workers to stay longer and to quit at more similar times. Peer effects on the extensive margin of effort derive more from a sociability effect, i.e. a reduction of the social distance between co-workers that could make the other's presence more valuable, than from performance or quitting time comparisons.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	Labour Economics
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.labeco.2016.02.002
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1402 Applied Economics, 1403 Econometrics
dc.subject.classification	Economics
dc.title	Quitting and peer effects at work
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	39
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics
utslib.for	1403 Econometrics
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-08-11T08:44:53Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	39

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This paper studies the influence of peers on the extensive margin of effort at work by means of a real-effort experiment in which subjects have to decide on the intensity of effort and when to stop working. Participants perform a task alone or in the presence of a peer. The feedback on the co-worker's output is manipulated and we vary whether the two workers can communicate. We find that when communication is allowed, the average productivity per unit of time and the quitting time are not increased but the presence of a peer causes workers to stay longer and to quit at more similar times. Peer effects on the extensive margin of effort derive more from a sociability effect, i.e. a reduction of the social distance between co-workers that could make the other's presence more valuable, than from performance or quitting time comparisons.

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