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September 13, 2021 James Joseph Heckman Department of Economics University of Chicago 1126 East 59th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Telephone: (773) 702-0634 Fax: (773) 702-8490 Email: [email protected] Personal Date of Birth: April 19, 1944 Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois Education B.A. 1965 (Math) Colorado College (summa cum laude) M.A. 1968 (Econ) Princeton University Ph.D. 1971 (Econ) Princeton University Dissertation “Three Essays on Household Labor Supply and the Demand for Market Goods.” Sponsors: S. Black, H. Kelejian, A. Rees Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Honors Phi Beta Kappa Woodrow Wilson Fellow NDEA Fellow NIH Fellow Harold Willis Dodds Fellow Post-Graduate Honors Honorary Degrees and Professorships Doctor Honoris Causa, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria. Jan- uary, 2017. Doctor of Social Sciences Honoris Causa, Lignan University, Hong Kong, China. November, 2015. Honorary Doctorate of Science (Economics), University College London. September, 2013. Doctor Honoris Causis, Pontifical University, Santiago, Chile. August, 2009. Doctor Honoris Causis, University of Montreal.´ May 2004. 1 September 13, 2021 Doctor Honoris Causis, Bard College, May 2004. Doctor Honoris Causis, UAEM, Mexico. January 2003. Doctor Honoris Causis, University of Chile, Fall 2002. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Colorado College, 2001. Honorary Professor, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, June, 2014. Honorary Professor, Renmin University, P. R. China, June, 2010. Honorary Professor, Beijing Normal University, P. R. China, June, 2010. Honorary Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, P. R. China, October, 2007. Honorary Professor, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2003. Honorary Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 2001. Honorary Professor, University of Tucuman, October, 1998. Honorary Member, Latin and Caribbean Economic Association, 1999. Awards and Honors Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Honor of the Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2000. John Bates Clark Medal, American Economic Association, 1983. Chinese Government Friendship Award, People’s Republic of China. September, 2019 Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association. April, 2017 Dan David Prize for Combating Poverty, Tel Aviv University. May, 2016. James Madison Medal for Distinguished Graduate Alumni, Princeton University. February, 2016. Frisch Medal, Econometric Society, 2014. Awarded every two years for an outstanding applied article (empirical or theoretical) published in Econometrica during the past five years. Spirit of Erikson Award, Erikson Institute, 2014. Awarded for significant contributions to the education and development of children. Distinguished Economist Award, Kentucky Economics Association. October, 2012 Distinguished Contributions to Public Policy for Children Award, Society for Research in Child Development, 2009. Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Republic, Awarded by the International Scientific Committee of the Pio Manzu` Centre, 2008. Theodore W. Schultz Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, January 2007. Dennis J. Aigner Award for Applied Econometrics, Journal of Econometrics, 2007. Sun Yefang Economic Science Award, 2007. Ulysses Medal, University College Dublin, 2006. 2 September 13, 2021 Jacob Mincer Award for Lifetime Achievement, Society of Labor Economics, 2005. Dennis J. Aigner Award for Applied Econometrics, Journal of Econometrics, 2005. Medal of Excellence, Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being, Montreal University, “Exceptional Contributions to Childhood Development”, May 2004. Statistician of the Year, Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association, 2002. First Annual Louis T. Benezet Distinguished Alumnus Award, Colorado College, 1985. Elevated to Distinguished Service Professorship, University of Chicago, 1995–. A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1988–1990. Henry Schultz Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, 1985–. Irving Fisher Professor, Yale University, Fall 1984. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1978–1979. Fellowships (Year Appointed) Harry Scherman Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1972–1973. Social Science Research Council Training Fellow, 1977–1978. Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1978–1979. Fellow, Econometric Society, 1980 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1985 Research Professor, American Bar Foundation, 1991 Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1992 Fellow, American Statistical Association, 2001 Fellow, Journal of Econometrics, 2005 Fellow, Society of Labor Economics, 2004 Resident Member, American Philosophical Society, 2008 Fellow, International Statistical Institute, 2008 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009 Lifetime Member, Irish Economic Association, 2009 Member, National Academy of Education, 2010 Honorary Academician, Academica Sinica, Republic of China/Taiwan, July, 2010 3 September 13, 2021 Corresponding Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2011 Fellow, The Society for Economic Measurement, 2013 Kenneth Boulding Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science. May, 2016. Charter Fellow, Institute for Nonlinear Dynamical Inference (INDI), Moscow. February, 2017. Professional Experience University of Chicago Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor, 1995– Henry Schultz Professor, 1985–1995 Professor of Economics, 1977– Associate Professor, 1973–1977 (tenured, 1974) Professor, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy, 2011– Affiliated Faculty, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy, 1990–2011 Director, Center for Social Program Evaluation, Harris School of Public Policy 1991– Director, Economics Research Center, University of Chicago, 1998–2006 Director, Center for the Study of Childhood Development, Harris School of Public Policy, Uni- versity of Chicago, 2009–2014 Professor of Law, University of Chicago School of Law, 2011– Director, Center for the Economics of Human Development, University of Chicago, 2014– Joint Appointment to the Committee on Quantitative Methods in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 2018–2019 American Bar Foundation Research Fellow, 1991– Jinan University Chairman of the Consulting Committee of CEHD-IESR Initiative, 2017– Institute for Fiscal Studies International Research Fellow, 2014– University College Dublin Professor of Science and Society, 2005–2014 University College London Distinguished Chair of Microeconometrics, 2004–2008 4 September 13, 2021 University of Southern California USC Presidential Scholar-in-Residence, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, 2015– Yale University Alfred Cowles Distinguished Visiting Professor, Cowles Foundation, 2008–2011 A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics, 1988–1990 Professor of Statistics, 1990 Yale Law School Lecturer, 1989–1990 National Bureau of Economic Research Associate, 1971–1985, 1987– Research Fellow, 1972–1973 Peking University Changjiang River Scholar Professor, 2004–2008 National Opinion Research Center Research Associate, 1979 RAND Corporation Consultant 1975–1976 Columbia University Associate Professor 1973–1974 Assistant Professor, 1971–1973 Lecturer, 1970–1971 New York University Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1972 Council of Economic Advisors Junior Economic Advisor, 1967 Previous Positions Martin-Marietta Aerospace Systems Engineer, 1965 5 September 13, 2021 Other Professional Activities 1. Scientific Council, briq. 2019– 2. Advisor, Beijing Faculty Steering Committee, University of Chicago Beijing Center, 2019– 3. Advisory Panel, University of Chicago China Research Initiative, 2019– 4. Editorial Panel, CPQ Women and Child Health Journal, 2018–2019 5. Senior Advisor, PISA 2021 Questionnaire Expert Group, 2018–2019 6. Director, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, with Robert Dugger and Steven Durlauf (Sponsored by the Institute for New Economic Thinking), 2011– 7. Member, Research Council, Becker-Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, 2011– 2017 8. Member, Faculty Steering Committee for the University of Chicago Beijing Center, 2013– 2016 9. Member, Advisory Committee of the China Institute of Income Distribution Studies, Beijing Normal University, 2011– 10. Senior Advisor, China Development Research Foundation, October, 2012– 11. Past President, The Econometric Society, 2014 (Cycle: Second Vice-President, 2010-2011; First Vice-President, 2011-2012; President, 2013; Past President, 2014) 12. Member, Executive Committee, The Econometric Society, 2010–2014 13. Member, 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Advisory Panel, NORC, 2008– 14. IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Associate Editor, 2012– 15. Journal of Political Economy, Co-Editor, 2011– 16. Annual Review in Economics, Co-Editor, 2007–2011 17. Member, International Statistical Institute, 2007— 18. Advisory Board, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007–2013 19. President, Western Economics Association 2003 (Cycle: VP (2003–2004), President Elect (2004–2005), President (2005–2006)) 20. Council, Econometric Society, 2000–2006 21. President, Midwest Economics Association, 1998. 22. Econometrics Reviews, Co-Editor; Associate Editor, 1987– 6 September 13, 2021 23. Handbook of Econometrics Vol. 5, Co-Editor with Ed Leamer 24. Handbook of Econometrics Vol. 6A, Co-Editor with Ed Leamer 25. Handbook of Econometrics Vol. 6B, Co-Editor with Ed Leamer 26. Vice President, American Economic Association, 2010 27. American Economics Association, Executive
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