Performance Measurement and Rewards
Faculty in this area center their research on the challenges of measuring and incentivizing performance, no matter the activity. They pay attention to how major service industries—such as hospitals, universities, and museums—operate in markets where they compete against or collaborate with for-profit and government organizations.
A Message From Burton Weisbrod, Program Chair
Scholars from economics, law, management, political science, social policy, and statistics have focused policy research on the measurement and rewarding of “performance” in government and nonprofit organizations. They examine how good performance is measured in such areas as education, healthcare and courts—in search of reward mechanisms that provide incentives for efficiency. Research complements IPR’s programs on Education Policy and Urban Policy.
Working Papers
Recently published articles and working papers in this program area include:
David Dranove and Craig Garthwaite. 2022. Artificial Intelligence, the Evolution of the Healthcare Value Chain, and the Future of the Physician (WP-22-50).
Silvia Vannutelli. 2022. From Lapdogs to Watchdogs: Random Auditor Assignment and Municipal Fiscal Performance (WP-22-48).
Hector Chade, Victoria Marone, Amanda Starc, and Jeroen Swinkels. 2022. Multidimensional Screening and Menu Design in Health Insurance Markets (WP-22-42).
Faculty Experts
Performance measurement faculty come from economics, law, management, political science, social policy, and statistics.
Events
Navigating Privacy-Utility Trade-Offs for Public Data
Jessica Hullman, Ginni Rometty Professor, Associate Professor of Computer Science, and IPR Associate, and Co-Director of the Midwest Uncertainty Collective Lab