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| Title: | | Happiness and productivity  |
| Authors: | | Oswald, Andrew J. Proto, Eugenio Sgroi, Daniel |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 4645 |
| Abstract: | | The paper provides evidence that happiness raises productivity. In Experiment 1, a randomized trial is designed. Some subjects have their happiness levels increased, while those in a control group do not. Treated subjects have 12% greater productivity in a paid piece-rate Niederle-Vesterlund task. They alter output but not the per-piece quality of their work. To check the robustness and lasting nature of this kind of effect, a complementary Experiment 2 is designed. In this, major real-world unhappiness shocks - bereavement and family illness - are studied. The findings from (real-life) Experiment 2 match those from (random-assignment) Experiment 1. |
| Subjects: | | Labor productivity emotions well-being happiness positive affect experimental economics |
| JEL: | | D03 J24 C91 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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