Jacob Mincer Award

On October 1, 2003, the SOLE membership voted 128-15 to ratify the an amendment to the Bylaws to recognize lifetime achievements in the field of labor economics.  The awards is presented annually.  The inaugural award went to Jacob Mincer and Gary S. Becker on April 30, 2004.

Jacob Mincer is considered by many to be a father of modern labor economics.  As a leading member of the Chicago School of Economics, Mincer and Nobel Laureate Gary S. Becker helped to develop the empirical foundations of human capital theory, consequently revolutionizing the field. (from Wikipedia)

 Past Recipients