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

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.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Munro, Alistair ; Verschoor, Arjan ; Dubey, Amaresh
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 118.2013, 3, p. 506-508
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Marriage \| Household experiment \| India \| NREGA \| Labor productivity

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	C9 - Design of Experiments ; D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics ; D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; M5 - Personnel Economics ; O1 - Economic Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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