Oriana Bandiera

Oriana Bandiera
Bandiera at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy in 2018
Born (1971-08-26) August 26, 1971
NationalityItalian
SpouseImran Rasul
Children2
Academic background
Alma materBocconi University
Boston College
Doctoral advisor
  • James E. Anderson
  • Fabio Schiantarelli
  • Richard Arnott
Academic work
Discipline
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics
IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Notable ideasField experiments with firms
AwardsIZA Young Labor Economist Award (2007)
Carlo Alberto Medal (2011)
Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2019)
Website

Oriana Bandiera, FBA (born 26 August 1971) is an Italian development economist and academic, who is currently the Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. Her research focuses on development, labour, and organisational economics. Outside of her academic appointment, she is co-editor of Econometrica, and an affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development. A fellow of the Econometric Society and the British Academy, she received the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in 2019, an award granted annually to the best European economist(s) under the age of 45.