Principal Economist: Incentive Design for Operations
incentives labSeattle (WA)
Principal Economist: Incentive Design for Operations
Posted 10 days ago
incentives labSeattle (WA)
SENIORITY
Mid
About the role
The Incentives Lab in Seattle is seeking a researcher to apply mechanism design to large-scale operations workstreams at Amazon. You will explore how incentive structures influence behavior and throughput in fulfilment centers.
You will design and run experiments on bonus schemes, attendance incentives, and quality-vs-throughput trade-offs, and analyze results to guide policy and system design.
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