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James J. Heckman

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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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Book
“Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion”
Journal of the European Economic Association
“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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