James Heckman (born April 19, 1944) is an economist at the University of Chicago. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2000 with Daniel McFadden for his pioneering work in econometrics and microeconomics. After graduating form Colorado College, he attended the University of Chicago for a single year before going to Princeton University where he received his Ph.D. in economics in 1971. Dr. Wikipedia
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