Anik Ashraf

University of Munich

Anik Ashraf is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Munich. He got his PhD from the Department of Economics, University of Warwick. His research interests include development economics and organizational economics.

Performance ranking triggers multiple social incentives for workers. On one hand, it offers status rewards to induce the workers to increase their effort. On the other, it introduces risks of social retribution from coworkers for outperforming them.

While performance-based ranking may induce workers to increase effort because of status concerns, such information may also demotivate them or make them wary of outperforming peers.

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Anik Ashraf

Researcher's Grant Projects

Data-Driven Learning and Firm Performance: Experimental Evidence from SMEs in Kenya

Productivity and Intrinsic Motivation: The Case of Ranking Feedback

Researcher's Publications

Performance Ranks, Conformity, and Cooperation: Evidence from a Sweater Factory

Do Performance Ranks Increase Productivity? Evidence from a Field Experiment