Background
Allen, Beth Elaine was born on July 11, 1952 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Walter Mowry and Helen Gertrude (Berkoben) Allen.
Allen, Beth Elaine was born on July 11, 1952 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Walter Mowry and Helen Gertrude (Berkoben) Allen.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Economics, Cornell Univercity, 1974; Master of Arts in Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.
Assistant professor economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1978-1983;
associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1986;
professor economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1986;
Milton C. Denbo term professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1991. Visiting assistant professor University of California, Berkeley, 1982. Visiting professor U. Catholic de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1985, 91.
Consultant, research visitor U. Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1980-1985, 90. Consultant Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1979. Economics advisory panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1985-1988.
Fellow Econometric Society (program committee 1982, 85, fellows nominating committee 1988, 89, chair program committee 1991). Member European Economic Association, American Economic Association (eastern representative committee status women in economics profession 1986-1989), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Operations Research Society of America, Institute of Mathematics Statistics, Eastern Economic Association, Society for the Promotion Economic Theory, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Institute Management Science Clubs: Cornell (Philadelphia).