1. Oriana Bandiera, FBA was born on 26 August 1971 and is an Italian development economist and academic, who is currently the Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.
25 Facts About Oriana Bandiera
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Oriana Bandiera's research focuses on development, labour, and organisational economics.
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Oriana Bandiera received a Bachelor of Arts in 1993, followed by a Master of Science degree in 1994, both from Bocconi University in Milan.
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Oriana Bandiera observed in the lecture that Palanpur was in many ways more similar to her native Sicily than Sicily was to Milan, sparking an interest in development economics.
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Oriana Bandiera's thesis, entitled "Economic Institutions in Developing Countries", included work on the rise of Mafia in Sicily and the effects of financial liberalization on savings in a suite of developing countries.
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In September 1999, Oriana Bandiera joined the London School of Economics and Political Science in England as a lecturer in economics.
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Oriana Bandiera spent April 2004 at the Institute for International Economic Studies of Stockholm University.
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Oriana Bandiera was a visiting assistant professor at Bocconi University in March 2005 and at Yale University in April 2005.
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Oriana Bandiera returned to the IIES a visiting assistant professor for March 2006.
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Oriana Bandiera was made a Professor of Economics in 2009 or 2010.
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Oriana Bandiera currently holds the Sir Anthony Atkinson Chair in Economics at LSE, where she directs the State Research Program of the International Growth Centre.
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Alongside her academic appointments, Oriana Bandiera has been co-editor of Econometrica since 2016, the first woman to hold the position, and previously served on the editorial boards of Economica and the Journal of Labor Economics.
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Oriana Bandiera was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2016, and is an affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development, and IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
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In 2022, Oriana Bandiera co-founded the Hub for Equal Representation in the Economy, an LSE based research centre, alongside Camille Landais and Nina Rousille.
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Oriana Bandiera's research focuses on development economics, labour economics and organisational economics.
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Oriana Bandiera finds that these "go getters" are more productive, conducting more community health meetings and home visits.
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Oriana Bandiera has pursued research on management in the private and non-profit sectors.
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In work with Imran Rasul and Iwan Barankay, Oriana Bandiera partnered with a British fruit farm to randomly allocate labourers to two different compensation schemes: one in which workers receive bonuses based on their "relative" performance, and one in which they do not.
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Oriana Bandiera has pursued similar work in developing country contexts.
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Oriana Bandiera's work suggests that firms that hire "leaders" are more successful downstream.
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Oriana Bandiera has pursued research on the gender pay gap in the public and private sectors.
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Oriana Bandiera received the prize alongside her husband Imran Rasul, with whom she has frequently co-authored.
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Oriana Bandiera is a former president of the European Economic Association.
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Oriana Bandiera is an honorary foreign member of the American Economic Association.
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In 2005, Oriana Bandiera married Imran Rasul, a fellow economist now serving as Professor of Economics at University College London.