Honorary Degrees and Professorships

Doctor Honoris Causa, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria. January, 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.

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 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.

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.

Fellowships (Year Appointed)

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

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, University 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