Jacob Mincer Award


The Jacob Mincer Award is an economic award issued by the Society of Labour Economics honouring lifetime contributions to the field of labour economics.
Initially named the 'Career Achievement Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Labor Economics', the prize was first awarded to Jacob Mincer and Gary Becker in 2004, and was subsequently known as the Mincer Award.
The award is to be presented annually, provided a suitable nominee is found, by a committee appointed by the society President and approved by the Executive Board.
Three winners of the Jacob Mincer Award have also been awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Recipients

YearImageRecipientCountryPh.D. alma materInstitution
2004Jacob Mincer Columbia UniversityColumbia University
2004Gary BeckerUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago
2005Orley AshenfelterPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University
2005James HeckmanPrinceton UniversityUniversity of Chicago
2006Richard FreemanHarvard UniversityHarvard University
2006Edward LazearHarvard UniversityStanford University
2007Dale MortensenCarnegie Mellon UniversityNorthwestern University
2007Finis WelchUniversity of ChicagoTexas A&M University
2008Reuben GronauColumbia UniversityHebrew University of Jerusalem
2008John PencavelPrinceton UniversityStanford University
2009Claudia GoldinUniversity of ChicagoHarvard University
2009Yoram WeissStanford UniversityTel Aviv University
2011Ronald EhrenbergNorthwestern UniversityCornell University
2013Daniel HamermestYale UniversityUniversity of Texas, Austin
2015Robert WillisUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Michigan
2017Francine BlauHarvard UniversityCornell University
2018Henry FarberPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University
2019David CardPrinceton UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley
2020Richard BlundellN/AUniversity College London