Institute For The Study of Labor - IZA Prize in Labor Economics

IZA Prize in Labor Economics

Since 2002 IZA awards the IZA Prize in Labor Economics which has become one of the most important prizes in economics worldwide. The past IZA Prize Laureates include:

• Jacob Mincer, Columbia University 2002
• Orley Ashenfelter, Princeton University 2003
• Edward Lazear, Stanford University 2004
• Dale T. Mortensen, Northwestern University; and Christopher A. Pissarides, London School of Economics 2005
• David Card, University of California, Berkeley; and Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University 2006
• Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and London School of Economics 2007
• Richard Layard, London School of Economics; and Stephen Nickell, Nuffield College 2008
• Richard Easterlin, University of Southern California 2009
• Francine D. Blau, Cornell University 2010
• George J. Borjas, Harvard University; and Barry R. Chiswick, George Washington University

In 2006, IZA has additionally established the "IZA Young Labor Economist Award" to honor an outstanding published paper in labor economics written by researchers under 40 years of age at the time of publication. The prize money of 5,000 Euros is shared between the authors. The prize-winners include:

• Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley 2006
• Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Iwan Barankay (Warwick), Imran Rasul (UCL) 2007
• Fabian Lange, Yale University 2008
• Alexandre Mas, Princeton University 2009
• Raj Chetty, Harvard University 2010