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Sonia Bhalotra

Professor of Economics · University of Warwick

Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick; an applied economist working on labour, gender, health and early childhood development. Her CV lists the QJE paper on identifying a good manager among her publications.

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Published Quarterly Journal of Economics Online 21 Jan 2026 Published Apr 2026

How Do You Identify a Good Manager?

Ben Weidmann · Joseph Vecci · Farah Said · Sonia Bhalotra · Achyuta Adhvaryu · Anant Nyshadham · Jorge Tamayo · David Deming

This paper develops a novel experimental method to identify the causal contribution of managers to team performance, and uses it to evaluate which characteristics predict managerial effectiveness and …

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Career

2021 – present Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
2013 – 2021 Professor of Economics, University of Essex
2010 – 2013 Professor of Economics, University of Bristol
2003 – 2010 Associate Professor, University of Bristol
1995 – 2003 Assistant Professor, University of Bristol

Editorial roles

Associate Editor The Economic Journal2021–present
Senior Editor Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Economics and Finance2020–2025
Editorial Board Member World Bank Research Observer2021–present
Editorial Board Member Review of Income and Wealth2020–2024
Editorial Board Member Journal of Development Studies2009–present
Editorial Council Member Review of Development Economics1999–present

Research topics

Labor Markets Firm Dynamics Inequality

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Ben Weidmann Joseph Vecci Farah Said Achyuta Adhvaryu Anant Nyshadham Jorge Tamayo David Deming

Profile compiled from public sources, checked 2026-10-04: [1] · [2]