Arbeitspapier
The Ties That Bind Us: Social Networks and Productivity in the Factory
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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13711
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Dissertations (unclassified)
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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caste
social networks
labor productivity
assembly lines
India
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Afridi, Farzana
Dhillon, Amrita
Sharma, Swati
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Afridi, Farzana
- Dhillon, Amrita
- Sharma, Swati
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2020
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