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Honoring James Heckman's Contributions to Economics: Identification, Heterogeneity, and Economic Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Steven D. Levitt
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Given James Heckman's enormous contributions to the field of economics and the social sciences more generally, the question regarding the Nobel prize was not “if,” but “when.” The choice of Heckman as the 2000 Nobel laureate (joint with Daniel McFadden, another deserving winner) has been warmly received throughout the profession. Heckman and McFadden were both pioneers whose work helped to create modern empirical economics.

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Essays in Honor of James Heckman, 2000 Nobel Laureate
Information
Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , Winter 2002 , pp. 35 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2002 

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