Does working with spouses make teams more productive? A field experiment in India using NREGA

Alistair Munro, Arjan Verschoor and Amaresh Dubey
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Arjan Verschoor: School of International Development, University of East Anglia
Amaresh Dubey: Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University

No 12-09, GRIPS Discussion Papers from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Abstract: An important question in labour economics is whether the presence in a work environment of friends or relations lowers or raises productivity. We examine the question using evidence from a simple field experiment in Uttar Pradesh, India with married wives and husbands. Teams of four are engaged to dig soil under the NREGA programme. In one treatment husbands and wives work together; in the other treatment they work in separate teams. We find that working with spouses is associated with significantly higher productivity.

Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2012-09
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