event
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Tuesday
25
March
Banner region Africa

The Allocation of Incentives in Multi-Layered Organizations:Evidence from a Community Health Program in Sierra Leone

Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta (Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Erika Deserranno; Stefano Caria; Philipp Kastrau
, -

S5 (Petal 1), Maison de la paix. 

Add to Calendar

Does the allocation of incentives across the hierarchy of an organization matter for its performance? In an experiment with a large public-health organization, we find that healthcare provision is highly affected by how incentives are allocated between frontline workers and their supervisors. Sharing incentives equally between these two layers raises health visits by 61% compared to unilateral allocations, and uniquely improve health service provision and health outcomes. We provide reduced form and structural evidence that effort complementarities and contractual frictions drive these results, and explore the implications for the optimal design of incentive policies in multi-layered organizations

Disclaimer

This event may be filmed, recorded and/or photographed on behalf of the Geneva Graduate Institute. The Institute may use these recordings and photographs for internal and external communications for information, teaching and research purposes, and/or promotion and illustration through its various media channels (website, social media, newsletters).

By participating in this event, you are agreeing to the possibility of appearing in the aforementioned films, recordings and photographs, and their subsequent use by the Institute.

Your personal data is collected only for the organisation of this event.

For further information, please consult our privacy policy, our FAQ or contact us directly: events@graduateinstitute.ch.