James J. Heckman
Research Professor
- 750 N. Lake Shore Drive
- 4th Floor
- Chicago, IL 60611
Joint appointment
Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University
Research focus
Human development and lifecycle skill formation, with a special emphasis on the economics of early childhood. Research has provided policymakers with new insights into such areas as education, job-training programs, minimum-wage legislation, anti-discrimination law, and civil rights
Projects
- World Justice Project
- Latest finding: Apr 23, 2008
- The World Justice Project, sponsored by the American Bar Association, seeks to broaden and institutionalize the network of organizations and individuals committed to advancing the rule of law. The…
- The Foundation and Application of Disparate Impact Doctrine
- Latest finding: Jan 23, 2008
- The goals of this project include (1) the development of models and methods for detecting discrimination due to disparate treatment and disparate impact; (2) the examination of the extension of…
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Publications
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Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law
- Book
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“Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion”
- Journal of the European Economic Association
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“Investing in Early Human Development: Timing and Economic Efficiency”
- Economics and Human Biology
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Presentations
- Investing in our Young People: Lessons from Economics and Psychology
- Sep 2009
- Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation
- Jun 2009
- Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation
- Jun 2009
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