Mitchell Hoffman, University of Toronto

Research

hiring productivity experts science-based startups job applications economics referrals incentives

Latest funding

Hiring, Incentives, and Startups: New Directions in Personnel Economics
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$38,009
Hiring, Incentives, and Startups: New Directions in Personnel Economics
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$57,256
Hiring and incentives in organizations: an economic analysis of referrals
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$80,690

All 4 grants and awards

Hiring, Incentives, and Startups: New Directions in Personnel Economics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hoffman, Mitchell

Keywords: hiring; experts; science-based startups; job applications

$38,009

Hiring, Incentives, and Startups: New Directions in Personnel Economics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hoffman, Mitchell

Keywords: hiring; experts; science-based startups; job applications

$57,256

Hiring and incentives in organizations: an economic analysis of referrals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hoffman, Mitchell

Keywords: economics; referrals; hiring; productivity; incentives; productivity

$80,690

New Directions in Organizational Economics: The Value of Hiring through Referrals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Hoffman, Mitchell

$72,677

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: hiring Dear Professor Hoffman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on hiring connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Hiring, Incentives, and Startups: New Directions in Personnel Economics" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]