Working Papers
In this section, please find some of Sheheryar's latest work, which is subject to change. Please do not cite without permission, and please email for any papers that are not linked to below.
Attracting honest workers: Organizational culture, corruption, and worker preferences
2022 (Coming soon!)
Banuri, Sheheryar. “Attracting honest workers: Organizational culture, corruption, and worker preferences” Invited chapter in C.K. Jha; A. Mishra, S. Sarangi (eds.) Revisiting Corruption: Emerging Issues, Emerald Group Publishing.
Last revised: 2021
Ahmed, Husnain, Sheheryar Banuri, and Farasat Bokhari. 2021. “Discrimination in healthcare: A field experiment with Pakistan’s Transgender community.” Mimeo.
2021
Malhi, Fareena N., Zehra Aftab, and Sheheryar Banuri. 2021. “When norms collide: The effect of religious holidays on compliance with COVID guidelines.” Mimeo.
2021
Banuri, Sheheryar, and Ha Nguyen. 2021. “Borrowing to keep up (with the Joneses): Inequality, debt, and conspicuous consumption.” Mimeo.
Last revised: 2021
Banuri, Sheheryar, Damien de Walque, Philip Keefer, and Paul Jacob Robyn. 2021. “Encouraging service delivery to the poor: Does money talk when health workers are pro-poor?” Mimeo.
Last revised: 2021
Banuri, Sheheryar, Philip Keefer, and Damien de Walque. 2020. “Love the job... or the patient? Task vs. mission-based motivations in healthcare.” Mimeo.
Last revised: 2020
Banuri, Sheheryar, Katarina Dankova, and Philip Keefer. 2020. “It’s not all fun and games: Feedback, purpose, and effort.” Mimeo.
Last revised: 2018
Banuri, Sheheryar, and Philip Keefer. 2018. “Was Weber right? The effects of pay for ability and pay for performance on pro-social motivation, ability and effort in the public sector.” Mimeo.
On the effects of culture on punishment of bribery: US vs. Pakistan
Last revised: 2014 (Contact for a copy)
Banuri, Sheheryar, and Catherine Eckel. 2014. “On the effects of culture on punishment of bribery: US vs. Pakistan.”