Iwan Barankay

Iwan Barankay is an Associate Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Business Economics at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. His research interests include political economy, behavioral economics, field experiments, and personnel economics. Barankay's work explores how monetary and non-monetary incentives influence individual productivity in the workplace and health behavior. He has conducted randomized controlled trials on financial incentives for health adherence and workplace performance. Barankay is affiliated with the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).

Iwan Barankay is a scholar specializing in Personnel Economics, Behavioral Economics, Field Experiments, and Health Economics. His research explores how social preferences, incentives, and workplace dynamics influence individual and organizational behavior. Barankay's work often employs field experiments to analyze the impact of incentives on productivity, inequality, and cooperation in both corporate and public settings. He has investigated topics such as social incentives, team performance, and the role of rankings in shaping workplace outcomes. His research also extends to health economics, including the effects of financial incentives on patient adherence to medical treatments. Barankay's studies provide empirical insights into the interplay between economic policies and human behavior.