James J Heckman also known as James Joseph “Jim” Heckman was born on the 19th day of April, 1944. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize along with his co winner Daniel Mc Fadden in the year 2000. The Nobel Memorial Prize was conferred up on him for his contribution in the field of microeconomics and econometrics.
His academic qualifications:
James J Heckman graduated from Colorado College. He earned his Ph.D degree from the Princeton University in the year 1971, after spending a year at Chicago University. He earned his doctorate degree in economics. Dr. James J Heckman was associated with the University of Columbia as an Assistant professor. In the year 2006, James Heckman got appointment as Professor of Society and Science at University College, Dublin.
Dr. James was a faculty member in 1972 at New York University. He also taught at the Columbia University from 1970 for few years. In the year 1973, he was the faculty of economics at Chicago University.
His contribution to economics:
He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize for his contribution in the field of self selection analysis and selection bias. He has also conducted extensive research work on empirical research pertaining to labor economics. James J Heckman has several publications to his credit. He has authored many books after carrying out extensive research in economics.
Some of the prominent publications, of which he was the editor, may be listed below:
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of Econometrics
Journal of Political economy
The Review of Economics and Statistics
The American Economics Association awarded James J Heckman, the John Bates Clark medal in the year 1983. He was unanimously elected in the year 1992, and became associated with the National Academy Of Sciences.
Major publications of Dr. James J Heckman:
There are many publications to his credit, however some of the prominent ones are listed below:
“Measuring Disparate Impacts and Extending Disparate Impact Doctrine to Organ Transplantation”, this publication was completed along with R. Bornholz in 2005.
“Separating Heterogeneity from Uncertainty in Measuring Income Inequality”, completed along with F. Cunha and S. Navarro in the year 2005.
“Estimating treatment effects for discrete outcomes when responses to treatment vary: an application to Norwegian vocational rehabilitation programs”, together with A. Aakvik and E. Vytlacil in the year 2005.
“Skill Policies for Scotland”, together with D. Masterov in the year 2005.
“China’s Human Capital Investment”, in 2005.
“ Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?” in the year 2005.
“ Structural Equations, Treatment Effects and Econometric Policy Evaluation”, along with E. Vytlacil in 2005.
“Counterfactual Analysis of Inequality and Social Mobility”, together with F. Cunha and S. Navarro in the year 2005.
“ Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors”, with P. Carneiro and D. Masterov in the year 2005.
“Understanding the Sources of Ethnic and Racial Wage Gaps and Their Implications for Policy”, with P. Carneiro and D. Masterov in 2005.
“Earnings Functions, Rates of Return and Treatment Effects: The Mincer Equation and Beyond”, together with L. Lochner and P. Todd in the year 2005.