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  • Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Goldstein, Markus, Rasul, Imran, Smurra, Andrea (2025). Safe spaces for teenage girls in a time of crisis. Journal of the European Economic Association, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvaf026 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Bassi, Vittorio, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi, Vitali, Anna (2025). The search for good jobs: evidence from a six-year field experiment in Uganda. Journal of Labor Economics, 43(3), 885 - 935. https://doi.org/10.1086/728429 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2023). Social incentives, delivery agents, and the effectiveness of development interventions. Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 1(1), 162 - 224. https://doi.org/10.1086/722898 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Elsayed, Ahmed H., Heil, Anton, Smurra, Andrea (2022). Economic development and the organisation of labour: evidence from the Jobs of the World Project. Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(6), 2226 – 2270. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvac056 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Parekh, Nidhi, Petrongolo, Barbara, Rao, Michelle (2022). Men are from Mars, and women too: a Bayesian meta-analysis of overconfidence experiments. Economica, 89(S1), S38-S70. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12407 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi, Thiemel, Jack (2022). Microfinance and diversification. Economica, 89(S1), S239-S275. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12424 picture_as_pdf
  • Baboni, Clare, Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Heil, Anton (2022). Why do people stay poor? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(2), 785 - 844. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab045 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Elsayed, Ahmed, Smurra, Andrea, Zipfel, Céline (2022). Young adults and labor markets in Africa. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 36(1), 81 - 100. https://doi.org/10.1257/JEP.36.1.81 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Fischer, Gregory, Prat, Andrea, Ytsma, Erina (2021). Do women respond less to performance pay? Building evidence from multiple experiments. American Economic Review: Insights, 3(4), 435-54. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20200466 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Best, Michael Carlos, Khan, Adnan, Prat, Andrea (2021). The allocation of authority in organizations: a field experiment with bureaucrats. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 136(4), 2195 – 2242. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab029 picture_as_pdf
  • Parekh, Nidhi, Bandiera, Oriana (2020). Poverty in the time of COVID: the effect of social assistance. LSE Public Policy Review, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.31389/lseppr.14 picture_as_pdf
  • Alfonsi, Livia, Bandiera, Oriana, Bassi, Vittorio, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi, Vitali, Anna (2020). Tackling youth unemployment: evidence from a labor market experiment in Uganda. Econometrica, 88(6), 2369 - 2414. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA15959 picture_as_pdf
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Davenport, Edward, Lee, Scott (2020). Losing prosociality in the quest for talent? Sorting, selection, and productivity in the delivery of public services. American Economic Review, 110(5), 1355 - 1394. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180326 picture_as_pdf
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Delfino, Alexia (2020). The distinctive values of bankers. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 110, 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20201065
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Hansen, Stephen, Sadun, Raffaella (2020). CEO behavior and firm performance. Journal of Political Economy, 128(4), 1325 - 1369. https://doi.org/10.1086/705331 picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2020). Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(1), 210 - 259. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20170416 picture_as_pdf
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana (2018). Social incentives in organizations. Annual Review of Economics, 10, 439-463. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-063016-104324
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Mohnen, Myra, Rasul, Imran, Viarengo, Martina (2018). Nation-building through compulsory schooling during the age of mass migration. The Economic Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12624
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Lemos, Renata, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2018). Managing the family firm: evidence from CEOs at work. Review of Financial Studies, 31(5), 1605-1653. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhx138
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana (2017). Altruistic capital. American Economic Review, 107(5), 70-75. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20171097
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Das, Narayan, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2017). Labor markets and poverty in village economies. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(2), 811 - 870. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx003
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Guiso, Luigi, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2015). Matching firms, managers and incentives. Journal of Labor Economics, 33(3), 623-681. https://doi.org/10.1086/679672
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Larcinese, Valentino, Rasul, Imran (2015). Blissful ignorance?: a natural experiment on the effect of feedback on students' performance. Labour Economics, 34, 13-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.002
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Jack, B. Kelsey (2014). No margin, no mission? A field experiment on incentives for public service delivery. Journal of Public Economics, 120, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.06.014
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Lee, Scott S. (2014). Awards unbundled: evidence from a natural field experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 100, 44-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.01.001
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Rasul, Imran, Viarengo, Martina (2013). The making of modern America: migratory flows in the age of mass migration. Journal of Development Economics, 102, 23-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.11.005
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2013). Team incentives: evidence from a firm level. Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(5), 1079-1114. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12028
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Levy, Gilat (2011). Diversity and the power of the elites in democratic societies: evidence from Indonesia. Journal of Public Economics, 95(11-12), 1322-1330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.04.002
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2011). Field experiments with firms. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 25(3), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.25.3.63
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Larcinese, Valentino, Rasul, Imran (2010). Heterogeneous class size effects: new evidence from a panel of university students. The Economic Journal, 120(549), 1365-1398. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02364.x
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea (2010). Perché nella ricerca non facciamo gli inglesi? Lavoce,
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Goldstein, Markus, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi (2010). Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: evidence from Uganda. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8(2-3), 548-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.tb00525.x
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2010). Social incentives in the workplace. Review of Economic Studies, 77(2), 417-458. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00574.x
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Valletti, Tommaso (2009). Active and passive waste in government spending: evidence from a policy experiment. American Economic Review, 99(4), 1278-1308. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.4.1278
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2009). Social connections and incentives in the workplace: evidence from personnel data. Econometrica, 77(4), 1047-1094. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA6496
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2008). Social capital in the workplace: evidence on its formation and consequences. Labour Economics, 15(4), 724-748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2007.07.006
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2007). Incentives for managers and inequality among workers: evidence from a firm-level experiment. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(2), 729-773. https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.122.2.729
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2007). Contract duration and investment incentives: evidence from land tenancy agreements. Journal of the European Economic Association, 5(5), 953-986. https://doi.org/10.1162/JEEA.2007.5.5.953
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2007). Land tenure, investment incentives, and the choice of techniques: evidence from Nicaragua. World Bank Economic Review, 21(3), 487-508. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhm005
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Rasul, Imran (2006). Social networks and technology adoption in Northern Mozambique. The Economic Journal, 116(514), 869-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01115.x
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Anderson, James (2006). Traders, cops and robbers. Journal of International Economics, 70(1), 197-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2005.07.009
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2006). The evolution of cooperative norms: evidence from a natural field experiment. Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 6(2).
  • Anderson, James E., Bandiera, Oriana (2005). Private enforcement and social efficiency. Journal of Development Economics, 77(2), 341-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.05.003
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2005). Social preferences and the response to incentives: evidence from personnel data. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(3), 917-962. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355305774268192
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2005). Cooperation in collective action. Economics of Transition, 13(3), 473-498. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0351.2005.00228.x
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Levy, Gilat (2004). Robin Hood’s compromise : the economics of moderate land reforms. Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 3(1), Article 19.
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2003). Land reform, the market for protection, and the origins of the Sicilian mafia: theory and evidence. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 19(1), 218-244. https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/19.1.218
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Caprio, Gerard, Honohan, Patrick, Schiantarelli, Fabio (2000). Does financial reform raise or reduce saving? Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(2), 239-263. https://doi.org/10.1162/003465300558768
    • Audio/visual resource
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Ashraf, Nava (2015). Health workers in Zambia: co-producing knowledge. video_file
    • Chapter
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Petrongolo, Barbara (2025). Labour markets and gender inequality. In Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, Velasco, Andrés (Eds.), The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century (pp. 281 - 309). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.tlc.i picture_as_pdf
    • Conference or Workshop Item
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2011-02-02) Can entrepreneurship programs transform the economic lives of the poor? [Other]. Growth Week 2010, Belfast, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Guiso, Luigi, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2008-05-16) Italian managers: fidelity or performance [Paper]. The Ruling Class, X European Conference..
  • Prat, Andrea, Bandiera, Oriana, Valletti, T. (2007-09-14 - 2007-09-15) Active and passive waste in government spending: evidence from a policy experiment [Paper]. PIER Conference on Political Economy, Philadelphia, United States, USA.
  • Prat, Andrea, Bandiera, Oriana, Valletti, T. (2007-05-28) Active and passive waste in government spending: evidence from a policy experiment [Paper]. Barcelona JOCS: seminar on game theory and its applications, Barcelona, Spain, ESP.
    • Dataset
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Rasul, Imran, Andrea, Smurra, Goldstein, Markus, Niklas, Buehren (2025). Replication Package for "Safe Spaces for Teenage Girls in a Time of Crisis". [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15423645
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2022). Replication Data for: "Social Incentives, Delivery Agents, and the Effectiveness of Development Interventions". [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/t2wblk
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Elsayed, Ahmed, Smurra, Andrea, Zipfel, Céline (2022). Data and Code for: Youths, Jobs and the Development of Africa. [Dataset]. OpenICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/e154661
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Fischer, Greg, Prat, Andrea, Ytsma, Erina (2021). Data and Code for: Do Women Respond Less to Performance Pay? Building Evidence from Multiple Experiments. [Dataset]. OpenICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/e129821v1
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Ghatak, Maitreesh, Balboni, Clare, Heil, Anton (2021). Replication Data for: 'Why Do People Stay Poor?'. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ppmeir
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Khan, Adnan Qadir, Best, Michael Carlos, Prat, Andrea (2021). Replication Data for: 'The Allocation of Authority in Organizations: A Field Experiment with Bureaucrats'. [Dataset]. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ojqwo2
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Delfino, Alexia (2020). Data and Code for: The Distinctive Values of Bankers. [Dataset]. OpenICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/e119842
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Lee, Scott S., Davenport, Edward (2020). Data and Code For: Losing Prosociality in the Quest for Talent. [Dataset]. OpenICPSR. https://doi.org/10.3886/e111683
    • Report
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Buehren, Niklas, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi (2014). Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2013). Managing the family firm: evidence from CEOs at work. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 049). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Ashraf, Nava, Lee, Scott, Bandiera, Oriana (2013). Awards unbundled: evidence from a natural field experiment. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 046). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Das, Narayan, Burgess, Robin, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi, Rasul, Imran (2013). Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 043). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Rasul, Imran, Baranky, Iwan (2011). Team incentives: evidence from a firm level experiment. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 033). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin (2009). Community networks and poverty reduction programmes: evidence from Bangladesh. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers EOPP 015). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • Online resource
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2015). In family-owned businesses, professional CEOs work longerhours than owner-CEOs.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Tobias, Julia (2015). Hiring do-gooders or go-getters: attracting talent to improve public service delivery.
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2014). Zambia’s Ministry of Health works with economists to determine how best to recruit and retain community health workers.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Rasul, Imran (2014). Creating entrepreneurs: a big new idea in development.
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2013). Recruiting and compensating civil servants: a field experiment in Zambia.
    • Working paper
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Parekh, Nidhi, Petrongolo, Barbara, Rao, Michelle (2021). Men are from Mars, and women too: a Bayesian meta-analysis of overconfidence experiments. (CEP Discussion Papers 1820). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Lee, Scott (2018). Losing prosociality in the quest for talent? Sorting, selection, and productivity in the delivery of public services. (Development Discussion Papers 65). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Lemos, Renata, Sadun, Raffaella (2017). Managing the family firm: evidence from CEOs at work. (Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Lemos, Renata, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2013). Managing the family firm: evidence from CEOs at work. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1250). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Guiso, Luigi, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2012). Matching firms, managers, and incentives. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1144). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Guiso, Luigi, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2012). What do CEOs do? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1145). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella, Wulf, Julie (2012). Span of control and span of activity. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1139). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Jack, Kelsy (2012). No margin, no mission?: a field experiment on incentives for pro-social tasks. (Discussion paper 8834). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Guiso, Luigi, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2011). What do CEOs do? (HBS Working Paper 11-081). Harvard Business School.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Levy, Gilat (2010). Diversity and the power of the elites in democratic societies: a model and a test. (CEPR discussion papers 7985). Centre for Economic Policy Research, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Guiso, Luigi, Prat, Andrea, Sadun, Raffaella (2009). Matching firms, managers, and incentives. (Discussion Paper 7207). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Prat, Andrea, Valletti, Tommaso (2008). Active and passive waste in government spending: evidence from a policy experiment. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Levy, Gilat (2007). The diminishing effect of democracies in diverse societies. Oriana Bandiera and Gilat Levy.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2006). Incentives for managers and inequality among workers: evidence from a firm level experiment. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2005). The evolution of cooperative norms: evidence from a natural field experiment. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan, Rasul, Imran (2004). Relative and absolute incentives: evidence on worker productivity. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Levy, Gilat (2004). Robin Hood's compromise: land reforms, inequality, redistribution and moral hazard. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Anderson, James E., Bandiera, Oriana (2003). Traders, cops and robbers. National Bureau of Economic Research.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Rasul, Imran (2002). Social networks and technology adoption in Northern Mozambique. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2002). Land distribution, incentives and the choice of production techniques in Nicaragua. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Rasul, Imran (2002). Social networks and technology adoption in Northern Mozambique. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2002). Land distribution, incentives and the choice of production techniques in Nicaragua. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2002). Private states and the enforcement of property rights - theory and evidence on the origins of the Sicilian mafia. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2001). On the structure of tenancy contracts: theory and evidence from 19th century rural sicily. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Anderson, James E., Bandiera, Oriana (2001). From wild west to the Godfather: enforcement market structure. National Bureau of Economic Research.
  • Bandiera, Oriana (2000). On the structure of tenancy contracts: theory and evidence from 19th century rural Sicily. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.
    • Blog post
  • Goldin, Claudia, Bandiera, Oriana (16 May 2024) Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin in conversation with economist Oriana Bandiera. LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • Bandiera, Oriana, Bosio, Erica, Spagnolo, Giancarlo (26 January 2022) Procurement in a crisis: how to mitigate the risk of corruption, collusion, abuse and incompetence. LSE COVID-19 Blog. picture_as_pdf