Alan Benson

Professor at University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management studying the economics of HR, hiring, incentives, and promotions.

[Alan Benson @alanmbenson]

@amanda_chuan Whoop congrats!

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@andy_garin Nice, elegant study. You think it's fair to say then that labor supply is very elastic for gig work?

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@danilaserra_eco Congrats! And so well deserved!

[ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @RF_Berlin]

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@alanmbenson & Louis-Pierre Lepage study how workers learn to discriminate on the job, exploring how workplace interactions shape biases and decision-making. 🔗 https://t.co/Jt2cmc5Ghb

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@Econ_4_Everyone @lyft Very cool application! Love to see theory so clearly inform what to look for.

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@BarbaraBiasi @DorisYan666 Nice work, good luck!

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@ritsukitagawa and one of mine as well! Congrats @VirginiaMinni, and nice to see you share your work in the HBR.

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@OlgaStoddard @QJEHarvard @kbuzard7 @LauraKGee Awesome work! And so relatable..

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@DCBorthwick @afsaalumni @CarnegieMellon And Cornell's main campus and undergraduates are upstate, not NYC.

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@Mario_Macis @JHUCarey @JohnsHopkins Congrats!

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@soumitrashukla9 Congrats! Great next chapter!

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March ILRR is out with free online access through March 25! Lots of great work, including a retrospective on gender inequality by Fran Blau. https://t.co/2ZHk5Tkb9J @ILRReview

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@soumitrashukla9 Thanks! And hope you enjoyed your visit to my old haunts at Sloan =) I learned a lot from Bob Gibbons.

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As an undergrad in 2005, I read a paper that made me dump the LSAT for the GRE. And 20 years later I've a forthcoming paper with her!

[NBER @nberpubs]

An examination of the value managers create finds that managers apply different skills in different proportions depending on the production technology in which they are embedded, from @alanmbenson and Kathryn L. Shaw https://t.co/O1DYc4jsHT

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@atlaz_chugged I've spent much time in both worlds. I like to think the time spent with management colleagues helped me write a paper specifically about the economics of managers.

[Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl]

Study of skills on LinkedIn profiles (N=13M) finds men are more likely to list 'negotiation', 'proj mgmt', 'team leadership', women: 'PowerPoint', 'time mgmt', 'event planning'. Women 16% less likely to list leadership skills. @alanmbenson @kimelsesser
https://t.co/WrIQMsIpos

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@amanda_chuan Enjoy!

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@Econ_4_Everyone Love this =) On the margin I can think of no better advice to share with young academics.

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@MichelaTincani Good luck to you and your department! Remember it's about a match, and the ultimate decision isn't just yours alone!

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@chloergibbs At least as many reviews as you *receive* in an average year, for good karma. Maybe x0.5 if you're junior, x2 if you're senior. The wheels must turn.