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39:, is the only international science prize awarded exclusively to labor economists and is considered the most important award in labor economics worldwide. The prize was established in 2002 and is awarded annually through a nomination process and decided upon by the IZA Prize Committee, which consists of internationally renowned labor economists. As a part of the prize, all IZA Prize Laureates contribute a volume as an overview of their most significant findings to the IZA Prize in Labor Economics Series published by 20: 60:
IZA has a worldwide network of over 1,300 labor economists who collaborate as research fellows with the institute. Each year they nominate candidates for the IZA Prize in Labor Economics from the research and work of their peers and colleagues. The nominations are reviewed by the IZA Prize Committee,
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As a part of the IZA Prize in Labor Economics, each Laureate produces a volume for the IZA Prize in Labor Economics Book Series consisting of their most significant findings. The Series covers a broad range of important issues in labor economics. The series is published by
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The IZA Prize in Labor Economics consists of a prize medal and a cash award of 50,000 euros. This provides the monetary support for the recipients' past and future research and is meant to stimulate further labor market research.
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awards a prize each year (from 2016 on every two years in turn with the IZA Young Labor Economist Award) for outstanding academic achievement in the field of labor economics. The
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The past winners of the IZA Prize include a number of influential labor economists who are active in policy advice. For example,
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which consists of IZA representatives, Research Fellows and prominent international labor economists.
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laureates in Economics have served as members of the Prize Committee,
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Labor Policy Evaluation and the Design of Natural Experiments
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The 2020 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Lawrence Katz
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An Evolving Force - the History of Women in the Economy
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The Demand for Labor: The Neglected Side of the Market
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Inside the Firm: Contributions to Personnel Economics
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Institute for the Study of Labor
international economics
Oxford University Press
Nobel
George Akerlof
Gary Becker
James Heckman
Joseph Stiglitz
David Card
Daniel S. Hamermesh
Francine D. Blau
Cornell University
Richard Blundell
University College London
George Borjas
Harvard University
David Card
University of California, Berkeley
Shelly Lundberg
University of California, Santa Barbara
Oxford University Press
Edward Lazear
Council of Economic Advisers
George W. Bush
Alan Krueger
Barack Obama
Jacob Mincer
Columbia University
Orley Ashenfelter

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