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Joshua Angrist

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Angrist is known for using quasi-experimental research designs to study public policy effects.[1] Born on September 18, 1960, Joshua David Angrist is an economist who holds both Israeli and American citizenship and serves as the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT.[2] The 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics was shared by Angrist and Guido Imbens for their work on methods to analyze causal relationships.[2][3]

Life and work

He earned a B.A. in economics from Oberlin College in 1982 and lived in Israel from 1982 to 1985, serving as a paratrooper.[4][5] After Harvard and Hebrew University positions, he joined MIT in 1996 and became full professor in 1998.[6] He co-authored Mostly Harmless Econometrics in 2008 and Mastering 'Metrics' in 2014 with Jörn-Steffen Pischke.[7] Angrist's research includes the economics of education, school reform, labor markets, and immigration effects.[7]

Princeton University awarded Angrist an M.A. in economics in 1987 and a Ph.D. in economics in 1989.[5] Orley Ashenfelter supervised Angrist's doctoral dissertation, which examined the Vietnam Era draft lottery.[6]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Joshua Angrist" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Joshua Angrist ranked 15th among 3037 authors registered in the field of labor economics on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved July 20th, 2019."; "Joshua Angrist ranked 4th among 3323 authors registered in the field of urban and real estate economics on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved July 20th, 2019."; "Joshua Angrist ranked 3rd among 1427 authors registered in the field of education on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved July 20th, 2019." (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Joshua Angrist" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Angrist, Joshua David - Full record view - Libraries Australia Search"; "MIT Economics: Joshua Angrist"; "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2021", Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, October 11, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Joshua Angrist" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Reinherz, "Sarah and Stan Angrist on how to raise a Nobel Prize winner", Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, 15 October 2021; Tabachnick, "Former Pittsburgher awarded Nobel prize in economics", Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, 11 October 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Joshua Angrist" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "From biking to band practice to skipping Hebrew school, Nobel Prize winner Josh Angrist remembers childhood in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"; "Family celebrates Nobel Prize winner from Pittsburgh", October 11, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Joshua Angrist" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Maimonides in the classroom: The research that led Angrist to the Nobel", Times of Israel, October 11, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Joshua Angrist" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Angrist, "Econometric analysis of the Vietnam Era draft lottery", October 2025; Angrist, "Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records", American Economic Review, October 2025, p. 313–336; "Curriculum Vitae: Joshua D.Angrist" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Joshua Angrist" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Short biography of Joshua Angrist on the website of MIT. Retrieved July 20th, 2019."; "Joshua Angrist ranks 47th out of 56344 authors registered on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved July 20th, 2019."; "Google Scholar page of Joshua Angrist. Retrieved July 20th, 2019."; "Mostly Harmless Econometrics", Princeton University Press; "The “metrics” system", MIT News Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014-12-01 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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