Elena Cettolin
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Tilburg University
Elena Cettolin is Associate Professor at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Elena’s research lies at the intersection of Behavioral and Development Economics, with a strong focus on ethnic discrimination issues. She is a member of the Experimental Economics group at Tilburg University, Research Fellow at CentER and affiliated researcher at The Choice Lab, NHH. In the past six years Elena served as Academic Director of the BSc Economics program at Tilburg University. She holds a PhD in Economics from Maastricht University.
Recent work by Elena Cettolin
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How goal setting improves worker performance in small firms: Evidence from cassava processors in Ghana
In Ghana, a simple, low-cost intervention – helping informal workers set daily goals – significantly improved workers’ and firms’ performance, suggesting that non-binding incentives may be an effective means to foster the growth of small firms in dev...
Published 30.10.25