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Decio Coviello | Zendy; Andrea Ichino | Zendy; Nicola Persico | Zendy

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Time Allocation and Task Juggling

Author(s) -

Decio Coviello,

Andrea Ichino,

Nicola Persico

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

american economic review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 16.936

H-Index - 297

eISSN - 1944-7981

pISSN - 0002-8282

DOI - 10.1257/aer.104.2.609

Subject(s) - task (project management) , economics , phenomenon , microeconomics , labour economics , computer science , business , management , quantum mechanics , physics

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'

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