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

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Munro, A., Verschoor, A. and Dubey, A. (2013) Does working with spouses make teams more productive?:A field experiment in India using NREGA. Economics Letters, 118 (3). pp. 506-508. ISSN 0165-1765

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Abstract

In Uttar Pradesh, teams of four are engaged to dig soil under the NREGA programme. In one treatment spouses work together; in the other treatment they work in separate teams. Working with spouses is associated with significantly higher output.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	marriage,household experiment,india,nrega,labor productivity
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2013 14:36
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2023 08:00
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44604
DOI:	10.1016/j.econlet.2012.12.026

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