Elaine Bennett Research Prize


The Elaine Bennett Research Prize, awarded every other year by the American Economic Association, "recognizes and honors outstanding research in any field of economics by a woman not more than seven years beyond her Ph.D." First awarded in 1998, three of the first six winners of this prize have been the first three female winners of the John Bates Clark Medal.

Past recipients

YearMedalistsInstitution at Time of AwardNationalityClark Medal
1998Judith ChevalierUniversity of ChicagoUnited States
2000Susan C. AtheyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States2007
2002Esther DufloMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyFrench2010
2004Marianne BertrandUniversity of ChicagoBelgian
2006Monika PiazzesiUniversity of ChicagoGerman
2008Amy FinkelsteinMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States2012
2010Erica FieldHarvard UniversityUnited States
2012Anna MikushevaMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRussian
2014Emi NakamuraColumbia UniversityUnited States and Canadian2019
2016Marina HalacColumbia University and the University of WarwickArgentine
2018Melissa DellHarvard UniversityUnited States2020