Economist Abel gets tenure at Bowdoin

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Bowdoin College has awarded tenure to labor economist Martin Abel, effective July 1.

He is an applied microeconomist whose research centers on development, labor and behavioral economics, with a focus on gender discrimination and frictions faced by job seekers in labor markets.

Abel joined Bowdoin in 2022 after serving on faculty at Middlebury College. He obtained a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 2017 and a master of public administration in international development from Harvard Kennedy School in 2010.

The tenure decision was recommended by the Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs Committee at the college.

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