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James Heckman
Economist

James Heckman

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Developing methods to account for selection bias in economic data.

Selection bias · Early childhood

Born
19 April 1944
Birthplace
Chicago

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James Heckman

James Heckman is an American economist whose research spans econometrics, labour markets and childhood development.

Early life

Education

Studied mathematics at Colorado College and completed an economics doctorate at Princeton in 1971.

Career

  1. 1973

    Chicago

    Joined the University of Chicago after teaching at Columbia.

  2. 1983

    Clark Medal

    Received the John Bates Clark Medal.

  3. 2000

    Nobel Prize

    Shared the economics prize with Daniel McFadden.

  4. 2014

    Human development

    Founded Chicago’s Center for the Economics of Human Development.

Selected work

Selection bias

Developed methods for analysing samples shaped by self-selection.

Early childhood

Studied how early experiences and programmes affect later outcomes.

Beyond work

Family

Married sociologist Lynne Pettler-Heckman in 1979; they had two children.

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