Episode 31: Francesco Amodio on Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning

Francesco Amodio is an Associate Professor of Economics and International Development at McGill University.

The paper discussed in this episode is “Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning”, by Francesco Amodio and Miguel A. Martinez-Carrasco.

Other papers mentioned in this episode are:

Amodio, F., & Martinez-Carrasco, M. A. (2018). Input allocation, workforce management and productivity spillovers: Evidence from personnel data. The Review of Economic Studies, 85(4), 1937-1970.

Chan, T. Y., Li, J., & Pierce, L. (2014). Learning from peers: Knowledge transfer and sales force productivity growth. Marketing Science, 33(4), 463-484.

Conley, T. G., & Udry, C. R. (2010). Learning about a new technology: Pineapple in Ghana. American economic review, 100(1), 35-69.

Manski, C. F. (1993). Identification of endogenous social effects: The reflection problem. The review of economic studies, 60(3), 531-542.

Sandvik, J. J., Saouma, R. E., Seegert, N. T., & Stanton, C. T. (2020). Workplace knowledge flows. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(3), 1635-1680.