Background
MacLeod, William Bentley was born in 1954 in Iserlohn, Germany. Came to the United States, 1995.
MacLeod, William Bentley was born in 1954 in Iserlohn, Germany. Came to the United States, 1995.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1975. Master of Science in Mathematics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1984.
From assistant professor to associate professor Queen's University, 1982-1990. Associate professor University Montreal, 1990-1992, professor economics, 1992-1996, Boston College, 1996-1997. Professor economics and law University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1997—2006, director Center for Law, Economics and Organization, 1997—2006, chair junior recruiting, 2000—2003.
Program director, personnel and behavioral economics IZA, Bonn, Germany, 2003—2007. Professor department economics SIPA Columbia University, New York, since 2005. Research associate National Bureau of Economic Research, since 2007.
Co-director, chair junior recruiting Columbia University, 2005—2006. Consultant Indiana Power Producers Ontario, Toronto, 1990-1992, Human Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1993-1995. Harold Innis Memorial lecturer, 1996.
Visiting professor economics and law California Institute of Technology, 2002, Princeton University, 2003-2004. Board directors We. Economics Association, Russell Sage Fellow, since 2010.
Fellow Econometric Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Economics Association, Society Labor Economists (H. Gregg Lewis prize 2002), Association Comparative Systems, Economic Science Association, American Law and Economics Association(board director since 2009), Western Economics Association (board directors 2003-2006).
Married Raisa Nones (divorced). Children: Raisa, Gabriela. Married Janet Marion Currie, May 18, 1997.
Children: Joana, Daniel.