Team Production in International Labor Markets: Experimental Evidence from the Field

Elizabeth Lyons

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, vol. 9, issue 3, 70-104

Abstract: Coworkers are increasingly diverse in their nationality and skill sets. This paper studies the effect of diversity on how workers are organized using data from a field experiment conducted in an environment where diversity is pervasive. Findings show that team organization improves outcomes when workers are from the same country. The opposite is true when workers are nationally diverse. These results are more pronounced for teams of workers with specialized skills. Further investigation of the data suggests that nationally diverse teams have difficulty communicating.

JEL-codes: D83 F23 F66 J24 M16 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.20160179
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