Frank Schilbach

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frank Schilbach

Frank Schilbach is Associate Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focusses on the intersection of behavioural and development economics. Frank's primary research examines previously neglected correlates of poverty, including substance abuse, physical pain, sleep deprivation, and depression. He seeks to understand the role of these factors in the lives of the poor by studying their impacts on cognitive function, decision-making, and worker productivity. Frank also studies the generation and diffusion of information about optimal agricultural inputs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Frank received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He received a Diploma in Economics from Mannheim University and a Masters in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

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श्रमिकों की उत्पादकता बढ़ाने के लिए उनकी वित्तीय चिंताओं को दूर करना

वित्तीय बाधाओं का असर श्रमिकों की मानसिक स्थिति पर हो सकता है और इसके कारण कार्य के दौरान श्रमिक के अधिक विचलित रहने से उसकी उत्पादकता प्रभावित हो सकती है। ओडिशा में छोटे पैमाने के निर्माण-उद्योग के श्रमिकों पर किये गए एक प्रयोग के आधार पर यह लेख दर्शाता है कि अनुबंध की अवधि की समाप्ति से पहले श्रमिकों को यदि अंतरिम भुगतान किया जाता है तो उनकी उत्पादकता में 7.1% की वृद्धि होती है – और यही वृद्धि गरीब श्रमिकों के सन्दर्भ में 13.3 प्रतिशत होती है; साथ ही उनके फोकस और कार्य नियोजन में भी सुधार ध्यान चूक में कमी के द्वारा प्रतीत होता है।

22 October 2021
Productivity and Innovation
Productivity & Innovation

Alleviating financial concerns to enhance worker productivity

Financial constraints can have psychological consequences and affect productivity by making workers more distracted during work. Based on an experiment among small-scale manufacturing workers in Odisha, this article shows that an interim payment before the end of the contract period raises worker productivity by 7.1% – with a higher increase of 13.3% for poorer workers– and also appears to improve planning and focus with a decline in attentional lapses.

29 September 2021
Productivity and Innovation
Productivity & Innovation
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