Date: 2014
Type: Article
Time allocation and task juggling
American economic review, 2014, Vol. 104, No. 2, pp. 609-623
COVIELLO, Decio, ICHINO, Andrea, PERSICO, Nicola, Time allocation and task juggling, American economic review, 2014, Vol. 104, No. 2, pp. 609-623
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A single worker allocates her time among different projects which are progressively assigned. When the worker works on too many projects at the same time, the output rate decreases and completion time increases according to a law which we derive. We call this phenomenon "task juggling" and argue that it is pervasive in the workplace. We show that task juggling is a strategic substitute of worker effort. We then present a model where task juggling is the result of lobbying by clients, or coworkers, each seeking to get the worker to apply effort to his project ahead of the others'.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/33941
Full-text via DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.2.609
ISSN: 0002-8282; 1944-7981
Publisher: Amer Economic Assoc
Keyword(s): Tower
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