James Heckman of the University of Chicago Receives 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

October 18, 2000

James Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, has received the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was cited for his work in the field of microeconomics and received the award with Daniel McFadden of the University of California, Berkeley.