Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250583 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14922
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study analyzes how individuals evaluate their peers' performance in a high stakes tournament in response to being randomly assigned to an age homogenous or heterogeneous group using data from two TV shows. The data also allows us to explore superior evaluations because it contains objective ratings from an independent expert. Additionally, this study investigates how age diverse groups affect individual performance in professional golf tournaments. The results show that peer and superior evaluations as well as individual performance are lower in age diverse groups. Further evidence suggests that these effects occur in the short run, but fade away once group members have gotten to know each other.
Subjects: 
age diversity
peer evaluation
superior evaluation
performance
JEL: 
J14
M12
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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