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Erika Deserranno

  • Associate Professor in the Department of Economics
  • Bocconi University

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Erika Deserranni an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Bocconi University. Her research is at the intersection of development, personnel, and organizational economics. She studies how to design incentive structures to best select, motivate and retain workers in both public and private organisations. 

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E-monitoring and organisational structure: Experimental evidence from Sierra Leone

Erika Deserranno, Andrea Guariso, Gianmarco León 31 Dec 2024
Project
Smiling young multi-ethnic students enjoying while sitting on amphitheater at university campus. Photo credit: Klaus Vedfelt / DigitalVision via Getty Images.

How to increase the adoption of civil service reform? The role of training and incentives

Vincent Pons, Daniel Rogger, Erika Deserranno, Jennifer Ljungqvist 28 Feb 2018
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Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: Annabel Symington via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

Financial incentive schemes in public health: Evidence from Sierra Leone

Erika Deserranno, Stefano Caria, Philipp Kastrau, Gianmarco León, Julia Liborio
Policy brief
A view of Liberia's capital city, Monrovia, from a helicopter of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Photo credit: Christopher Herwig / United Nations Photo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Building a capable civil service in Liberia: The role of the Performance Management System

Patience Coleman, Erika Deserranno, Ignatius A. Geegbae, Jennifer Ljungqvist, Vincent Pons, Daniel Rogger
Blog

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