Anant Nyshadham

Associate Professor for Business Economics and Public Policy

Education
PhD Yale University 2012
BSc University of Pennsylvania 2006
Biography

I received a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and a PhD in Economics in 2012 from Yale University. I am a Faculty Research Fellow of the NBER, a Research Affiliate of the IGC, and an affiliate of the Montreal Partnership for Human Resource Management (MPHRM). 

I am also the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of the Good Business Lab, a non-profit seeking to promote investment in worker welfare as a business imperative. 

My recent work focuses on enterprise, firm, and worker characteristics and decision-making (e.g., labor contracting, worker training, managerial quality) and the resulting performance dynamics, particularly in developing countries. On these topics, I have both on-going and completed field work in the US, Mexico, Kenya, Tanzania, Colombia, and India.

Other projects undertake empirical microeconomic analyses of individual and household decisions and behaviors regarding health, schooling and sectoral choice. My broad research interests lie in development, organization, personnel, and health.

Please visit my research page for titles of and links to the most recent drafts of my work.

In addition to research, I am interested in music. I have been active in music composition, performance, and production for nearly two decades. My latest releases have been under the project jugalBand.   Please visit my other interests page of my personal website for information on my work in music and links to my other sites.

Latest Faculty News & Research
Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive
Authors
Blanding., M., Tamayo, J. (about my research paper)
Published Date
04/2024
Authors
Blanding., M., Tamayo, J. (about my research paper)
Source
Harvard Business Review
An Experiment in India Shows How Much Companies Have to Gain by Investing in Their Employees
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Garg, L., Kala, N.,
Published Date
05/2023
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Garg, L., Kala, N.,
Source
Harvard Business Review
Returns to On-the-job Soft Skills Training
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Kala, N., Nyshadham, A.
Published Date
01/2023
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Kala, N., Nyshadham, A.
Source
Journal of Political Economy
Want Fewer Employees to Quit? Listen to Them
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Molina, T.
Published Date
05/2023
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Molina, T.
Source
Harvard Business Review
Expectations, Wage Hikes, and Worker Voice: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Molina, T., Nyshadham, A.
Published Date
07/2022
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Molina, T., Nyshadham, A.
Source
Economic Journal
Volume
132
Issue
645
Pages
1978–1993
Job Loss, Credit and Crime in Colombia
Authors
Khanna, G., Medina, C., Nyshadham, A., Posso, C., Tamayo, J.
Published Date
05/2022
Authors
Khanna, G., Medina, C., Nyshadham, A., Posso, C., Tamayo, J.
Source
American Economic Review: Insights
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
97-114
Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Kala, N., Nyshadham, A.
Published Date
01/2022
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Kala, N., Nyshadham, A.
Source
Journal of Political Economy
Volume
130
Issue
1
Pages
1-47
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A., Tamayo, J.
Published Date
09/2022
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A., Tamayo, J.
Source
Review of Economic Studies
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A., Tamayo, J.
Published Date
09/2022
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A., Tamayo, J.
Source
Review of Economic Studies
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A., Tamayo, J.
Published Date
09/2022
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A., Tamayo, J.
Source
Review of Economic Studies
(Mis)information and Anxiety: Evidence from a Randomized Covid-19 Information Campaign
Authors
Sadish, D., Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A.
Published Date
09/2021
Authors
Sadish, D., Adhvaryu, A., Nyshadham, A.
Source
Journal of Development Economics
Volume
152
Issue
102699
Pages
1-15
Resources, Conflict, and Economic Development in Africa
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Fenske, J., Khanna, G., Nyshadham, A.
Published Date
2021
Authors
Adhvaryu, A., Fenske, J., Khanna, G., Nyshadham, A.
Source
Journal of Development Economics
Volume
149
Issue
102598
Pages
1-40
Development Engineering
Authors
Nyshadham, A., Adhvaryu, A., Gade, S., Gandhi P., Garg, L., Kabra, M., Nanda, A., Patil, A., Pimoli, M.
Published Date
2023
Authors
Nyshadham, A., Adhvaryu, A., Gade, S., Gandhi P., Garg, L., Kabra, M., Nanda, A., Patil, A., Pimoli, M.
Source
Springer
A Whisper to a Shout: leveraging technology and organizational incentives to amplify worker voice
Temina Madon, Ashok J. Gadgil
Development Engineering
Authors
Pimoli, M., et al.
Published Date
01/2023
Authors
Pimoli, M., et al.
Source
Springer
A Whisper to a Shout: leveraging technology and organizational incentives to amplify worker voice
Temina Madon