Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/234717 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1148
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
We study the role social interactions at the workplace play in the decision to apply for a professional recognition program. In Chile, teachers can apply to a pedagogical excellence award. Successful applicants receive a wage increase and are publicly recognized. We exploit the quasi-random variation in the allocation of awards generated by a sharp assignment rule. We document that the success of an applicant increases her school colleagues' application rate to the program by almost 75 percent. The impact is higher for colleagues with closer interaction with a successful applicant. We speculate on social learning as a driver of this result.
Subjects: 
Merit award
Public recognition
Peer effects
Social learning
JEL: 
J33
J58
M52
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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