James Heckman
Nobel Prize Winner (2000), Ph.D., Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Member, National Academy of Sciences. Currently known as Editor of many Research Journals such as Journal of Labour Economics, Journal of Econometrics and others, USA.
James Heckman is Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago where he has served since 1973. He holds a parallel appointment as Director of Social Program Evaluation at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and is also a Senior Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation.
Heckman's research combines both methodological and empirical interests in evaluating the impact of a variety of social programs on the economy and on the society at large. He has written on the impact of civil rights and affirmative action programs in the U.S., on the impact of taxes on labour supply and human capital accumulation on the impact of public and private job training on earnings and employment, on the impact of unionism on labour markets in developing countries and on the impact of skill certification programs.
Education: B.A.1965 (Math) Colorado College (summa cum laude); M.A.1968 (Econ) Princeton University; Ph.D. 1971 (Econ) Princeton University; M.A.1989 Yale University (honorary). Dissertation: "Three Essays on Household Labor Supply and the Demand for Market Goods". Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Wood-row Wilson Fellow; NDEA Fellow; NIH Fellow; Harold Willis Dodds Fellow.
Post-Graduate Honors: Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1992-; Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1991-; A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1988-1990; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1985-; Henry Schultz Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, 1985-; Elevated to Distinguished Service Professorship 1995-; First Annual Louis T. Benezet Distinguished Alumnus Award, Colorado College, 1985; Irving Fisher Professor, Yale University, Fall 1984; John Bates Clark Medal (American Economics Association) 1983; Fellow, Econometric Society, 1980; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1978-1979; Social Science Research Council Training Fellow, 1977-78; Harry Scherman Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1972-1973; President-elect, Midwest Economics Association, 1996-1997; President, Midwest Economics Association, 1998.
Professional Experience: University of Chicago - Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor 1995-; Henry Schultz Professor 1985-1995; Professor of Economics 1977-; Associate Professor 1973-1977 (tenured, 1974); Irving Harris School of Public Policy, 1990-; Director, Center For Evaluation of Social Programs 1991-; Yale University - A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics 1988-1990; Professor of Statistics - 1990; Yale Law School - Lecturer 1989-1990; National Bureau of Economic Research - Research Associate 1971-1985, 1987-; Research Fellow 1972-1973; National Opinion Research Center: Economics Research Center - Research Associate 1979-. Previous Positions: RAND Corporation - Consultant 1975-1976; Columbia University - Associate Professor 1973-1974; Assistant Professor 1970-1973; New York University - Adjunct Assistant Professor 1972; Council of Economic Advisors - Junior Economist 1967; Martin-Marietta Aerospace - Systems Engineer 1965. Other Professional Activities: Journal of Political Economy - Co-Editor, 1981-1987; Evaluation Review - Associate Editor, 1991-1996; Journal of Econometrics - Associate Editor, 1977-1983; Journal of Labour Economics - Associate Editor, 1982-; Review of Economic Studies - Associate Editor, 1982-1985; Econometric Reviews - Associate Editor, 1987-; Journal of Economic Perspectives - Associate Editor, 1989-1996; Review of Economics and Statistics - 1994-; Social Science Research Council Committee on Research Methods for Longitudinal Data - Member 1976-1979, 1981-1982; National Science Foundation Evaluation Panel in Economics - Member 1977-1979; Annals of Economic and Social Measurement Editor of special issue on the Analysis of Discrete Data, Center for Research on the Economics of Education London School of Economics - Visitor, Spring 1977; University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty - Visiting Professor, Fall 1977; Journal of Econometrics - Editor of the Special Issue on Panel Data, 1981; Editor of Labour Economics Series, 1980-1984; Member, National Academy of Sciences Panel on Statistical Assessments as Evidence in the Courts - 1982-1985; Member, Board of Overseers, Michigan Panel Survey of Income Dynamics - 1981-1984; Member, Advisory Board Chicago Urban League - 1980-1987; Member, National Academy of Sciences Panel on the Status of Black Americans 1985-1988; Member, Advisory Board and Dean's Search Committee, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - 1985-1988.
Heckman's research combines both methodological and empirical interests in evaluating the impact of a variety of social programs on the economy and on the society at large. He has written on the impact of civil rights and affirmative action programs in the U.S., on the impact of taxes on labour supply and human capital accumulation on the impact of public and private job training on earnings and employment, on the impact of unionism on labour markets in developing countries and on the impact of skill certification programs.
Education: B.A.1965 (Math) Colorado College (summa cum laude); M.A.1968 (Econ) Princeton University; Ph.D. 1971 (Econ) Princeton University; M.A.1989 Yale University (honorary). Dissertation: "Three Essays on Household Labor Supply and the Demand for Market Goods". Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Wood-row Wilson Fellow; NDEA Fellow; NIH Fellow; Harold Willis Dodds Fellow.
Post-Graduate Honors: Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1992-; Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1991-; A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1988-1990; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1985-; Henry Schultz Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, 1985-; Elevated to Distinguished Service Professorship 1995-; First Annual Louis T. Benezet Distinguished Alumnus Award, Colorado College, 1985; Irving Fisher Professor, Yale University, Fall 1984; John Bates Clark Medal (American Economics Association) 1983; Fellow, Econometric Society, 1980; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1978-1979; Social Science Research Council Training Fellow, 1977-78; Harry Scherman Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1972-1973; President-elect, Midwest Economics Association, 1996-1997; President, Midwest Economics Association, 1998.
Professional Experience: University of Chicago - Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor 1995-; Henry Schultz Professor 1985-1995; Professor of Economics 1977-; Associate Professor 1973-1977 (tenured, 1974); Irving Harris School of Public Policy, 1990-; Director, Center For Evaluation of Social Programs 1991-; Yale University - A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics 1988-1990; Professor of Statistics - 1990; Yale Law School - Lecturer 1989-1990; National Bureau of Economic Research - Research Associate 1971-1985, 1987-; Research Fellow 1972-1973; National Opinion Research Center: Economics Research Center - Research Associate 1979-. Previous Positions: RAND Corporation - Consultant 1975-1976; Columbia University - Associate Professor 1973-1974; Assistant Professor 1970-1973; New York University - Adjunct Assistant Professor 1972; Council of Economic Advisors - Junior Economist 1967; Martin-Marietta Aerospace - Systems Engineer 1965. Other Professional Activities: Journal of Political Economy - Co-Editor, 1981-1987; Evaluation Review - Associate Editor, 1991-1996; Journal of Econometrics - Associate Editor, 1977-1983; Journal of Labour Economics - Associate Editor, 1982-; Review of Economic Studies - Associate Editor, 1982-1985; Econometric Reviews - Associate Editor, 1987-; Journal of Economic Perspectives - Associate Editor, 1989-1996; Review of Economics and Statistics - 1994-; Social Science Research Council Committee on Research Methods for Longitudinal Data - Member 1976-1979, 1981-1982; National Science Foundation Evaluation Panel in Economics - Member 1977-1979; Annals of Economic and Social Measurement Editor of special issue on the Analysis of Discrete Data, Center for Research on the Economics of Education London School of Economics - Visitor, Spring 1977; University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty - Visiting Professor, Fall 1977; Journal of Econometrics - Editor of the Special Issue on Panel Data, 1981; Editor of Labour Economics Series, 1980-1984; Member, National Academy of Sciences Panel on Statistical Assessments as Evidence in the Courts - 1982-1985; Member, Board of Overseers, Michigan Panel Survey of Income Dynamics - 1981-1984; Member, Advisory Board Chicago Urban League - 1980-1987; Member, National Academy of Sciences Panel on the Status of Black Americans 1985-1988; Member, Advisory Board and Dean's Search Committee, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago - 1985-1988.