The Nobel in economics goes to three who find experiments in real life

The Nobel in economics goes to three who find experiments in real life
- October 11, 2021
- David Neumark, economics, The New York Times, Oct. 11, 2021
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David Neumark, [Distinguished Professor of economics], at the University of California, Irvine, who co-wrote a paper contesting Mr. [David] Card and Mr. [Alan B.] Krueger’s findings in the minimum wage study, said he still thought the work had data issues — but added that there was no doubt that the methodology was important. “They’ve all done great work — they’ve changed the way that labor economists do research,” Mr. Neumark said of the three winners.
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