Philipp Kastrau

Research Officer, Global Health & Wellbeing @coeff_giving | Former @IDinsight | PhD in Economics @UPFBarcelona

[Coefficient Giving @coeff_giving]

We're hiring Research Fellows and Strategy Fellows to help us prioritize and launch new $100M+ Global Health and Wellbeing funds, design systems to evaluate our impact, and conduct research to inform our grantmaking approach.

Apply by May 10: https://t.co/XRTM6vgZSt

[Gianmarco León-Ciliotta @Gianmarco_LeonC]

Our paper "Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector" (w/ @DeserrannoErika and @PKastrau) is out in the latest issue of AER:I !!!
Here is a short summary of the paper: https://t.co/1uuKPh5YZz

[Philipp Kastrau @PKastrau]

We are hiring summer interns for next year. Cool research that will inform our $800M+ grantmaking portfolio, open to Master and PhD students (and people working for orgs allowing externships), and well-compensated. Please apply! #econtwitter

[Coefficient Giving @coeff_giving]

We’re hiring for summer 2025 interns across our Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prio, Global Catastrophic Risks Cause Prio, and Farm Animal Welfare teams! Deadline 1/12 — see below for more info: https://t.co/m0pITbRykL

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Sharing financial incentives between community health workers and their supervisors improved healthcare in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

@caria_stefano @warwickecon, @DeserrannoErika @KelloggSchool, @Gianmarco_LeonC @econ_empresaUPF & @PKastrau @IDinsight: https://t.co/7MlzEnY1Zx

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

Do meritocratic promotions increase worker productivity?

In this #VoxDevTalk, @DeserrannoErika @NUEconomics outlines the key takeaways from research w/ @PKastrau @IDinsight & @Gianmarco_LeonC @econ_empresaUPF, based on a field experiment in Sierra Leone: https://t.co/QNOn97tDTE

[CEPR @cepr_org]

Meritocratic promotions lead to higher productivity, driven by workers who expect steep pay rises and perform best
@DeserrannoErika @NUEconomics @PKastrau @IDinsight & @Gianmarco_LeonC @econ_empresaUPF
https://t.co/6S83WAaYNm #STEGWorkingPapers #EconTwitter @FCDOResearch

[Philipp Kastrau @PKastrau]

@tom_wein @gamblingondev @IDinsight @CAID_Kenya Thanks for visiting us @gamblingondev! A very interesting talk that made me think that there is likely a greater need to factor in the potential harm of legitimising bad governments through well-intended development projects.

[Nick Bloom @I_Am_NickBloom]

There's a myth that all employees want to be fully remote. Some do - 31% on average in the US - but the majority want hybrid #WFH, coming to work usually two to three days a week. Age 20-29 employees are the least keen on fully-remote, valuing in-person mentoring and socializing

[J-PAL @JPAL]

What motivates community health workers? J-PAL affiliates @DeserrannoErika @Gianmarco_LeonC & @PKastrau find that community health workers make more visits when they have merit-based promotions and a steep salary scale. #GovernanceInitiative https://t.co/lIHwej7vna

[Gianmarco León-Ciliotta @Gianmarco_LeonC]

New article on @JPAL's policy blog on our paper w/ @DeserrannoErika, @caria_stefano and @PKastrau: we find that sharing bonuses between community health workers and their supervisors results in 61% more health visits than providing them to one or the other https://t.co/vqZrH6B42o

[Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 @DinaPomeranz]

Many respondents underestimated how much progress we made in last 4 decades & how many people used to live in extreme poverty not that long ago.

In 1980, about 42%(!) of people in the world lived with less than the equivalent of around 2 USD/day (adjusted for price differences).

[Philipp Kastrau @PKastrau]

@uri_sohn @DinaPomeranz Why Nations Fail

[Philipp Kastrau @PKastrau]

@Gianmarco_LeonC @ElisaMaffioli @caria_stefano @DeserrannoErika @bse_barcelona @econ_empresaUPF Had to get twitter now I guess. Thanks again for being such a great advisor, both as an academic and as a person :)