Personnel Economics Workshop (PEW)

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PEW in 2026 will be held on the fourth Saturday of each month. The workshop starts at 3:00 p.m.
Each workshop basically consists of two sessions: a 1-hour presentation and a 1.5-hour presentation.

Oct 8(Thu.) 2026

Venue: Online
Speaker: Miguel Espinosa (Bocconi University)
Title: Managerial Allocation Skill and the Value of Digital Monitoring
Abstract:
Digital monitoring gives managers richer information, but its value depends on how managers deploy human capital. Using the staggered rollout of a tracking system in a large manufacturer, we show that monitoring raises total output by expanding span of control but does not improve average worker productivity. Productivity gains appear in teams led by managers with stronger task-allocation skill, who use the new information to deploy and retain high-performing workers more effectively. Monitoring therefore increases the returns to managerial resource-orchestration capability rather than substituting for it.
Language: English
Time: 17:00-18:30

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