Jed DeVaro is an Assistant Professor of Labor Economics in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University and his B.A. from Swarthmore College, all in economics. From 1994 to 1996 he was an Assistant Economist in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Professor DeVaro's research interests are in the area of personnel economics. Within this broad field, his areas of particular interest include employer decisions regarding recruitment and screening of applicants, the effects of team production on organizational performance, the role of promotions as both assignment and incentive mechanisms in firms, worker compensation, and job design. Professor DeVaro teaches both labor economics and personnel economics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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• Garrick Blalock, Jed DeVaro, Stephanie Leventhal, and Daniel H. Simon (2007) Gender Bias in Power Relationships: Evidence from Police Traffic Stops
• Francine D. Blau and Jed DeVaro (2007) New Evidence on Gender Differences in Promotion Rates: An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires
• Jed DeVaro (2007) The Labor Market Effects of Employer Recruitment Choice
• Jed DeVaro (2007) The Effect of Self-Managed and Closely-Managed Teams on Labor Productivity and Product Quality: An Empirical Analysis of a Cross Section of Establishments
• Jed DeVaro and Dana Brookshire (2007) Promotions and Incentives in Nonprofit and For-Profit Organizations
• Jed DeVaro, Suman Ghosh, and Cindy Zoghi (2007) Job Characteristics and Labor Market Discrimination in Promotions: New Theory and Empirical Evidence
• Jed DeVaro and Fidan Ana Kurtulus (2007) An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives, and the Delegation of Worker Authority
• Jed DeVaro and Michael Waldman (2007) The Signaling Role of Promotions: Further Theory and Empirical Evidence
• Francine D. Blau and Jed DeVaro (2006) ILR Impact Brief – Gender, Promotion, and Raises: Sometimes the Advantage Goes to Men
• Jed DeVaro (2006) Teams, Autonomy, and the Financial Performance of Firms
• Jed DeVaro (2006) Strategic Promotion Tournaments and Worker Performance
• Jed DeVaro (2006) Internal Promotion Competitions in Firms
• Jed DeVaro and Fidan Ana Kurtulus (2006) What Types of Organizations Benefit from Team Production, and How Do They Benefit?
• Daniel H. Simon and Jed DeVaro (2006) Do the Best Companies to Work for Provide Better Customer Satisfaction?
• Jed DeVaro (2005) Employer Recruitment Strategies and the Labor Market Outcomes of New Hires
• Gary S. Fields and Jed DeVaro (2005) Doing the Right Jobs Right: Managers’ Attributes and Activities at Borders
• Jed DeVaro and Dana Brookshire (2007) Promotions and Incentives in Nonprofit and For-Profit Organizations