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| Title: | | The role of peers in estimating tenure-performance profiles: Evidence from personnel data  |
| Authors: | | de Grip, Andries Sauermann, Jan Sieben, Inge |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6164 |
| Abstract: | | In this paper, we estimate tenure-performance profiles using unique panel data that contain detailed information on individual workers' performance. We find that a 10 per cent increase in tenure leads to an increase in performance of 5.5 per cent of a standard deviation. This translates to an average performance increase of about 75 per cent within the first year of the employment relationship. Furthermore, we show that there are peer effects in learning on-the-job: Workers placed in teams with more experienced and thus more productive peers perform significantly better than those placed in teams with less experienced peers. An increase in the average team tenure by one standard deviation leads to an increase of 11 to 14 per cent of a standard deviation in performance. |
| Subjects: | | tenure-performance profiles experience learning on-the-job peer effects productivity call centres |
| JEL: | | J24 D24 L89 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201201102958 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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