Cognitive Performance in the Home Office - Evidence from Professional Chess

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During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, traditional (offline) chess tournaments were prohibited and instead held online. We exploit this as a unique setting to assess the impact of moving offline tasks online on the cognitive performance of individuals. We use the Artificial Intelligence embodied in a powerful chess engine to assess the quality of chess moves and associated errors. Using within-player comparisons, we find a statistically and economically significant decrease in performance when competing online compared to competing offline. Our results suggest that teleworking might have adverse effects on workers performing cognitive tasks.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13491

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Crisis Management ; Organization of Production ; Production Management ; Personnel Economics: Labor Management
• Thema: productivity ; teleworking ; chess ; COVID-19

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Künn, Steffen ; Seel, Christian ; Zegners, Dainis
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223933
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ