Orley Clark Ashenfelter (born October 18, 1942)[2] is an American economist and the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics at Princeton University. His areas of specialization include labor economics, econometrics, and law and economics. He was influential in contributing to the applied turn in economics.
Orley Aschenfelter attended most of his K-12 education in National City, a suburb of San Diego. He graduated from Sweetwater H.S., in 1960, achieving many honors there. Born in San Francisco, Ashenfelter attended Claremont McKenna Men's College. Ashenfelter received a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1970, having completed a doctoral dissertation titled "Racial discrimination and labor markets".[3][4] He has been director of the Office of Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Labor, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol. He was awarded the Frisch Medal in 1982. He is a recipient of the IZA Prize in Labor Economics, the Mincer Award for Lifetime Achievement of the Society of Labor Economists, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Society of Labor Economics, and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He also served as editor of the American Economic Review. He analyzed the results of the Judgment of Pariswine tasting event with Richard E. Quandt.[5][6] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993.[2] He is currently[when?] President of the American Association of Wine Economists and an editor of the Journal of Wine Economics. Orley Ashenfelter has provided expert economic testimony in numerous legal cases, including U.S. v. Apple (which focused on price-fixing in the market for eBooks), and the 1997 review of the proposed merger between Office Depot and Staples Inc.[7] In 1998, he and Richard Posner co-founded American Law and Economics Review, and served jointly as editors-in-chief from then until 2005.[8]
Charles Universityedit
Since the early 1990s, Ashenfelter has actively participated in the process of restoration of doctoral education and research in economics in the Czech Republic. Since 1999, he has been on the board of directors of the CERGE-EI Foundation, which aims to foster economics education in the region and which supports the doctoral program in economics at CERGE-EI, the joint workplace of the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education (CERGE) of Charles University, Prague, and of the Economics Institute (EI) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Between 2001 and 2007 he has also been a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee of CERGE-EI.
The Scientific Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Charles University in Prague on the January 15, 2014.[citation needed]
Awardsedit
1977 Fellow, Econometric Society
1984 Ragnar Frisch Prize, Econometric Society
1993 Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2002 Doctoral Honoris Causa, University of Brussels
2003 IZA Price in Labor Economics
2005 Jacob Mincer Award, The Society of Labour Economists (SOLE)
2005 Corresponding Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
2007 Karel Englis Medal, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2008 Distinguished Fellow, American Economic Association
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Orley Clark Ashenfelter born October 18 1942 2 is an American economist and the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics at Princeton University His areas of specialization include labor economics econometrics and law and economics He was influential in contributing to the applied turn in economics Orley AshenfelterBorn 1942 10 18 October 18 1942 age 81 San Francisco California USAcademic careerInstitutionPrinceton UniversityFieldLabor economics applied econometricsAlma materPrinceton UniversityClaremont McKenna CollegeDoctoraladvisorAlbert ReesStephen GoldfeldDoctoralstudentsRobert LaLondeJohn DriffillHenry FarberJoseph AltonjiDavid E BloomDavid Card 1 Janet CurrieJoshua AngristAwardsJacob Mincer Award 2005 IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2003 Frisch Medal 1982 Information at IDEAS RePEc Contents 1 Biography 2 Charles University 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksBiography editOrley Aschenfelter attended most of his K 12 education in National City a suburb of San Diego He graduated from Sweetwater H S in 1960 achieving many honors there Born in San Francisco Ashenfelter attended Claremont McKenna Men s College Ashenfelter received a Ph D in economics from Princeton University in 1970 having completed a doctoral dissertation titled Racial discrimination and labor markets 3 4 He has been director of the Office of Evaluation of the U S Department of Labor a Guggenheim Fellow and the Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol He was awarded the Frisch Medal in 1982 He is a recipient of the IZA Prize in Labor Economics the Mincer Award for Lifetime Achievement of the Society of Labor Economists a Fellow of the Econometric Society the American Academy of Arts and Sciences the Society of Labor Economics and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh He also served as editor of the American Economic Review He analyzed the results of the Judgment of Paris wine tasting event with Richard E Quandt 5 6 He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993 2 He is currently when President of the American Association of Wine Economists and an editor of the Journal of Wine Economics Orley Ashenfelter has provided expert economic testimony in numerous legal cases including U S v Apple which focused on price fixing in the market for eBooks and the 1997 review of the proposed merger between Office Depot and Staples Inc 7 In 1998 he and Richard Posner co founded American Law and Economics Review and served jointly as editors in chief from then until 2005 8 Charles University editSince the early 1990s Ashenfelter has actively participated in the process of restoration of doctoral education and research in economics in the Czech Republic Since 1999 he has been on the board of directors of the CERGE EI Foundation which aims to foster economics education in the region and which supports the doctoral program in economics at CERGE EI the joint workplace of the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education CERGE of Charles University Prague and of the Economics Institute EI of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Between 2001 and 2007 he has also been a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee of CERGE EI The Scientific Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Charles University in Prague on the January 15 2014 citation needed Awards edit1977 Fellow Econometric Society 1984 Ragnar Frisch Prize Econometric Society 1993 Fellow American Academy of Arts amp Sciences 2002 Doctoral Honoris Causa University of Brussels 2003 IZA Price in Labor Economics 2005 Jacob Mincer Award The Society of Labour Economists SOLE 2005 Corresponding Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh 2007 Karel Englis Medal Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 2008 Distinguished Fellow American Economic Association 2010 LERA 2010 Academic Fellow 2014 Honorary Doctorate Charles University 2017 American Philosophical Society member 9 2018 National Academy of Sciences memberReferences edit David Card BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award Awarded In 2014 a b Book of Members 1780 2010 Chapter A PDF American Academy of Arts and Sciences Retrieved 25 April 2011 Ashenfelter Orley 1970 Racial discrimination and labor markets Ashenfelter Orley 1970 Racial discrimination and labor markets Princeton N J Orley Ashenfelter and Richard E Quandt Analyzing a Wine Tasting Statistically Taber G 2005 The Judgment of Paris California vs France New York Simon amp Schuster pp 159 160 ISBN 0 7432 4751 5 Baker Jonathan July 18 1997 Econometric Analysis in FTC v Staples Retrieved 3 October 2017 Domnarski William 2016 Richard Posner Oxford University Press p 147 ISBN 9780199332311 APS Member History search amphilsoc org Retrieved 2021 02 08 External links editBiography at Princeton University Interview in Czech television 2014 January 18 in English and Czech Academic officesPreceded byRobert Hall President of the American Economic Association2011 2012 Succeeded byChristopher A Sims Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orley Ashenfelter amp oldid 1178728535, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
