TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Garg, Teevrat
AU  - Jagnani, Maulik
AU  - Lyons, Liz
        TI  - Heat and Team Production: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
        PY  - 2025/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17870
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17870
        AB  - Heat's impact on economic growth and aggregate productivity is well-established, but while individual impairments are well-understood as mechanisms, the role of interpersonal dynamics remain unexplored despite the growing prevalence of team-based occupations. In our experiment, programmers were randomly assigned to work individually or in pairs under warm (29°C) or control (24°C) conditions. We found that heat had no effect on individual performance but impaired team performance—not through decreased effort but likely through impaired collaboration. This negative impact was strongest in heterogeneous teams, suggesting heat exacerbates coordination challenges, confirmed by poorer partner evaluations in warm conditions.
        KW  - team production
KW  - heat stress
KW  - labor productivity
        ER  -