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Erika Deserranno
Associate Professor, Kellogg-Northwestern University
Erika Deserranno is an Associate Professor at Kellogg-Northwestern. Her research interests lie at the intersection between development and personnel economics. She is working on issues related to the selection, recruitment and motivation of workers both in private and public organizations.
Recent work by Erika Deserranno
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Sharing financial incentives between community health workers and their supervisors improved healthcare in Sierra Leone
A shared performance incentive scheme for health workers and their supervisors improved productivity and health outcomes and was more effective than paying the incentive to only one group
Published 09.01.24
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Do NGOs undermine government capacity? Evidence from health services in Uganda
NGO provision of health services in rural Uganda either complemented or undermined government capacity, depending on the supply of skilled labour
Published 13.11.23
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Promotion, pay and productivity: Evidence from Sierra Leone
Do meritocratic promotions increase worker productivity?
Published 25.01.23
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When transparency fails: Financial incentives for local banking agents in Indonesia
In contexts where information on new financial technologies is limited, publicly disclosing an agent’s financial incentives negatively impacts take-up
Published 04.06.21
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Do social structures affect the success of development policies?
Policy delivery agents perform better when working with members of their own social groups thereby affecting the efficiency of policy interventions
Published 23.09.20
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Does higher pay attract better applicants? Evidence from a Ugandan NGO
Financial incentives to community health promoters attract more applicants at the expense of crowding out pro-social preferences
Published 24.09.18