The Jacob Mincer Award is an economic award issued by the Society of Labour Economists (SOLE) honouring lifetime contributions to the field of labour economics.

The Jacob Mincer Award
Awarded forA lifetime of contributions to the field of labour economics
Presented byThe Society of Labour Economists
First awarded2004
Currently held byRichard Blundell (2020)[1]
Websitewww.sole-jole.org/Mincer-Award-Main.html

Initially named the "Career Achievement Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics", the prize was first awarded to Jacob Mincer and Gary Becker in 2004, and was subsequently known as the "Mincer Award"".[2] The award is to be presented annually, provided a suitable nominee is found, by a committee appointed by the society President and approved by the Executive Board.[2]

Three winners of the Jacob Mincer Award have also been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Recipients edit

Year Image Recipient Country Ph.D. alma mater Institution (most significant tenure/at time of receipt)
2004   Jacob Mincer   United States Columbia University Columbia University
  Gary Becker   United States University of Chicago University of Chicago
2005   Orley Ashenfelter   United States Princeton University Princeton University
  James Heckman   United States Princeton University University of Chicago
2006   Richard Freeman   United States Harvard University Harvard University
  Edward Lazear   United States Harvard University Stanford University
2007   Dale Mortensen   United States Carnegie Mellon University Northwestern University
Finis Welch   United States University of Chicago Texas A&M University
2008 Reuben Gronau   Israel Columbia University Hebrew University of Jerusalem
John Pencavel   United Kingdom Princeton University Stanford University
2009   Claudia Goldin   United States University of Chicago Harvard University
Yoram Weiss   Israel Stanford University Tel Aviv University
2011   Ronald Ehrenberg   United States Northwestern University Cornell University
2013 Daniel Hamermesh   United States Yale University University of Texas, Austin
2015 Robert Willis   United States University of Washington University of Michigan
2017   Francine Blau   United States Harvard University Cornell University
2018 Henry Farber   United States Princeton University Princeton University
2019   David Card   Canada Princeton University University of California, Berkeley
2020   Richard Blundell   United Kingdom N/A University College London
2021 Kenneth Wolpin   United States Rice University
2022 Lawrence F. Katz   United States Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University
2023 Joseph Altonji   United States Princeton University Yale University

References edit

  1. ^ "Richard Blundell receives 2020 Jacob Mincer Award for lifetime contributions to field of labor economics". Institute for Fiscal Studies. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Jacob Mincer Award". The Society of Labour Economists. Retrieved 28 June 2020.