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July 30 is International Day of Friendship, based on the recognition of the relevance and importance of friendship as a noble and valuable sentiment around the world.  

How do social interactions affect the labor market?

Thomas Cornelissen writes, “Evidence suggests that peer pressure affects productivity and is an important reason why workers’ wages and productivity depend on their co-workers’ productivity…Peer effects due to knowledge spillover seem to be relevant in specific situations, such as when newly trained and untrained workers interact, in collaborative team settings or between senior and junior workers. In such instances, firms should encourage social interaction.”

Joseph Price writes, “Workers’ skills are multidimensional, and one of the skills that may contribute to team production is the ability to bring out the best in others.” Most peer effects literature assumes that workers with the highest own productivity are the ones who bring out the best in others. However a study of NBA players found a slight negative correlation between own productivity and the ability to increase the productivity of others. In addition, it is apparent that players who have a selfish style of play boost their own performance measures at the expense of their team’s success.

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  • Production spillovers: Are they valued? by Joseph Price

  • How should teams be formed and managed? by Hideo Owan

 
 

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New Spanish PM appoints "feminist cabinet"

Spain’s new Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has given 11 of his 17 cabinet posts to women, a higher proportion than anywhere else in Europe. Read more.

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Under-30s turn away from union membership

The number of people aged 30 and under who are members of a trade union has fallen significantly from 20.1% in 2001 to 15.7% in 2017. Read more.

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Japan changes its definition of adulthood

On June 13, the upper house of Japan’s legislature, the National Diet, passed a bill that will lower the nation’s definition of adulthood from age 20 to 18. Read more.

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“Shockingly prevalent” ageist attitudes damaging worker well-being

The health and well-being of UK workers is being damaged by “abundant” and “often unchallenged” ageism in the workplace and across society, a new report has found. Read more.

 
 

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Lorenzo Cappellari

Reducing income inequality within countries is of paramount importance among the challenges facing policymakers in the years to come. The UN has included the reduction of inequality among its Sustainable Development Goals, because promoting growth alone may not be enough to help the poor out of poverty when growth is unevenly distributed across households. Read the full commentary.

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