Bertrand Awarded Elaine Bennett Research Prize

Professor of economics Marianne Bertrand is the 2004 recipient of the Elaine Bennett Research Prize, awarded by the American Economics Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP).

The prize recognizes and honors outstanding research in any field of economics by a woman at the beginning of her career. Bertrand is an applied microeconomist who has done work on racial discrimination, CEO pay and incentives, and the effects of regulation on employment, among other topics in labor economics and corporate finance.

A faculty member since 2000, Bertrand is the second GSB professor chosen for the award since it was established in 1998. Former faculty member Judith Chevalier won the inaugural award, which has only been granted to two other women.

 

Patricia Houlihan

 

Click here to read, Why Jamal Can’t Get A Job, an article on Bertrand’s research that appeared in Chicago GSB.