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Nobel Economist to Present Lecture at Trinity University |
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Professor Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and director of social program evaluation at the Harris School of Public Policy, both at the University of Chicago. His major contributions in the field of economics have been in the area of micro-econometrics, where he has developed theory and methods widely used in the statistical analysis of individual and household behavior. His techniques are now considered standard tools, not only among economists but also for other social scientists. Professor Heckman’s analyses have focused on such topics as the women's labor supply, the effects of anti-discrimination laws on racial discrimination, the causal contribution of job training programs on employment and earnings, the value of a GED (general equivalency diploma), and the role of schooling and cognitive ability on earnings. For more information on Professor Heckman, visit his Web site at http://lily.src.uchicago.edu/. The series known as “My Evolution as an Economist” began in 1984 on the Trinity University campus to offer rare autobiographical insights into some of the most brilliant and influential economists of the post-war era. Each speaker has elaborated upon the sources and nature of his ideas and discoveries and his growth and success as an economist. The first 13 lectures in the series have been published by the MIT Press under the title Lives of the Laureates, edited by Trinity professors William Breit and Roger Spencer. The fourth edition of Lives of the Laureates, edited by Professor Breit and Barry Hirsch, the Stevens Distinguished Professor Economics at Trinity, will be published in 2003. For more information about the Nobel lecture series, contact Professor Hirsch at (210) 999-8112 or go to: http://www.trinity.edu/departments/economics/nobel.html.
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Last updated on March 04, 2003 by the Office of Public Relations |
Feb.
21, 2003 – The co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics,
James J. Heckman, will present the 18th lecture in a series,
“My Evolution as an Economist,” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 at
Chapman Auditorium on the campus of Trinity University. Also on the
same day, Professor Heckman will appear from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Great
Hall at Chapman Center for "A Conversation with James Heckman:
An Informal Q&A."