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NBER: Congratulations to AEA Award Winners

Congratulations to AEA Award Winners

From: James Poterba <poterba_at_nber.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:12:42 -0400

Dear NBER Board Members, Researchers, and Staff Members -

     Please join me in congratulating four NBER researchers who have
been honored by the American Economic Association (AEA).

     Melissa Dell of Harvard University has been named this year's
winner of the John Bates Clark Medal.  Dell has made path-breaking
contributions in political economy and development economics,
highlighting the important role that institutions play in economic
development.  For example, she has documented the centuries-long
economic legacy of colonial institutions in Peru, the impact of the
Mexican drug war on local economies, and the effects of bombing and
other interventions on the military and political activities of
insurgents during the Vietnam war.  The prize citation notes that
"through her pioneering careful and creative data collection and
empirical work, Dell has advanced our understanding of the role state
and other institutions play in the daily lives and outcomes of ordinary
people."  Dell is a Research Associate in three NBER programs:
Development Economics, Development of the American Economy, and
Political Economy.  The full citation for her award may be found at
https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/bates-clark/melissa-dell

     Two of the AEA's four new Distinguished Fellows are NBER
researchers.  Katharine Abraham, a Professor of Economics and Survey
Methodology at the University of Maryland who was honored for her
wide-ranging research in labor economics, is a Research Associate in the
Labor Studies Program as well as the Director of the Conference on
Research in Income and Wealth.  Whitney Newey, the Ford Professor of
Economics at MIT who was recognized as a leader in the creation of new
econometric tools, is also a Research Associate in the Labor Studies
program.

     One of this year's Foreign Honorary Members, macroeconomist Jordi
Gali of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, is a Research
Associate in the Economic Fluctuations and Growth, International Finance
and Macroeconomics, and Monetary Economics programs.

     The AEA press release covering these and other award announcements
may be found at https://www.aeaweb.org/news/press-release-awards-2020

     All best wishes.

Jim Poterba
Received on Tue Apr 28 2020 - 14:44:57 EDT