Rate Professor James Heckman

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University, 1971; B.A., Colorado College.

Research Interests: Labor economics, human capital, and econometrics.

Appointments: Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago (1973–present).

Awards: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2000).

Publications:

• Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies? (MIT Press, 2003)