Rutgers University

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For the study of the economics of capital shares, namely, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), profit sharing, broad-based equity compensation, and various other forms of employee share ownership.

The Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations invites applications from economists who are doctoral candidates, post-docs, and pre/post tenure scholars for the 2020-2021 Research Fellowships, the J. Robert Beyster Fellowship and the Louis O. Kelso Fellowships and the new Lon and Lauren McGowan Fellowship in Profit Sharing. Applicants are encouraged to study the relationship between these topics and economic inequality, the economic performance of firms, and important questions in economics.

The Institute seeks scholars with a long-term interest in these research streams who are based in the United States and study the United States and wish to work with a community of researchers in the Institute going forward. Stipends can be used for research, travel, or living expenses and are awarded for residence at the scholar’s home university.

Please submit an email application with a 1500 word essay describing your proposed research project and a vita by December 31, 2019 with decisions expected by March 15, 2020. Please have three letters of reference sent separately by your references to: beysterfellowships@smlr.rutgers.edu or kelso_fellowships@smlr.rutgers.edu or fellowship_program@smlr.rutgers.edu

For information on the Institute, see: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/content/institute-study-employee-ownership-and-profit-sharing or email the program at fellowship_program@smlr.rutgers.edu or see: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/content/fellowships-professorships for a listing of past fellows. The Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations currently has over 120 fellows from over 30 states and over forty universities who meet twice a year in academic conferences to share their research. Questions about data-sets and research sites available as resources for various empirical studies can be addressed to the Director, Joseph Blasi (blasi@smlr.rutgers.edu) or the Associate Director Douglas Kruse (dkruse@smlr.rutgers.edu)