PUBLICATIONS
The Allocation of Incentives in Multi-Layered Organizations (2024), with Stefano Caria, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Philipp Kastrau
Journal of Political Economy
[Slides]. Media: [VoxDev], [J-PAL brief]
Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector (2024), with Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, and Philipp Kastrau
American Economic Review: Insights
[Slides]; [Journal link]. Media: [VoxDev Podcast], [Kellogg Insight], [Faculti Video], [Bocconi]
The Impact of NGO-Provided Aid on Government Capacity: Evidence from Uganda (2024), with Nancy Qian and Aisha Nansamba
Journal of the European Economic Association
[Slides]; [Journal link]. Media: [Kellogg Insight], [VoxDev]
When Transparency Fails: Financial Incentives for Local Banking Agents in Indonesia (2023), with Gianmarco León-Ciliotta and Firman Witoelar
Review of Economics and Statistics
[Slides]; [Journal link]. Media: [VoxDev], [Bocconi]
Social Incentives, Delivery Agents and the Effectiveness of Development Interventions (2023), with Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Ricardo Morel, and Imran Rasul
Journal of Political Economy Micro
[Journal link]. Media: [VoxDev]
Minimum Wage and Individual Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Large US Retailer (2022), with Decio Coviello and Nicola Persico
Journal of Political Economy
[Journal link]. Media: [New York Times], [Washington Post], [Kellogg Insight], [Economic Report of the President]
Counterproductive Worker Behavior After a Pay Cut (2022), with Decio Coviello and Nicola Persico
Journal of the European Economic Association
[Journal link]. Media: [Wall Street Journal]
Effect of Mood and Worker Incentives on Workplace Productivity (2022), with Decio Coviello and Nicola Persico
Journal of Law, Economics and Organizations
Microfinance and Diversification (2022), with Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Ricardo Morel, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman
Economica
[Journal link]. Media: [J-PAL brief], [VoxEU]
Leader Selection and Service Delivery in Community Groups: Experimental Evidence from Uganda (2019), with Miri Stryjan and Munshi Sulaiman
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
[Online Appendix]; [Journal link]. Media: [VoxDev Podcast], [World Bank Blog]
Financial Incentives as Signals: Evidence from the Recruitment of Village Health Promoters in Uganda (2019)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
[Journal link]. Media: [World Bank], [World Economic Forum], [VoxEU], [Kellogg Insight], [VoxDev]
Winner of: Best Paper Award (Unicredit), John Hicks Prize for Outstanding Dissertation
WORKING PAPERS
Gender Disparities in the Welfare Effect of the Minimum Wage (2025), with Decio Coviello and Nicola Persico
R&R at Econometrica
Media: [Kellogg Insight]
Balancing the Books and Morale: Incentives for Credit Officers in Uganda (2026), with Miri Stryjan, Julia Salmi, and Lame Ungwang
Remote Work, Managers and Productivity in the Public Sector (2026), with Maria De Paola, and Silvia Vannutelli
SELECTED WORK-IN-PROGESS
The Future of Aid, with Andrea Guariso and Nancy Qian. In preparation for the Annual Review of Economics
Remote Care for Remote Areas: The Impact of Telehealth in Rural India, with Amanda Dahlstrand and Andrea Guariso [Summary]. Trial registration: AEARCTR-0010787
Algorithmic Management and Organizational Structure, with Andrea Guariso and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta. [Summary]
Competition, Trust and Price Transparency: Experimental Evidence from Branchless Banking in Indonesia, with Martin Kanz, Daniel Gottlieb, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta [Summary]. Trial registration: AEARCTR-0014527
NON PEER-REVIEWED
Bureaucracy VoxDevLit (2023), with Guo Xu, Diana Moreira and Edoardo Teso
