Society of Labor Economists
The Society of Labor Economists ( SOLE for short ) is an association of economists who are dedicated to the field of labor economics .
History and background
The Society of Labor Economists founded in 1995 on the initiative of Edward Lazear , who in 1983 with the founding of the focused on the field of labor economics periodical Journal of Labor Economics had made a significant contribution to the international exchange in the art. In April 1995 he started the call for the creation of the company through this magazine, including a first draft statute, which was decided in a vote and which was ultimately signed in October of that year. In 1997, Gary Becker became the association's first president.
The aim of the Society of Labor Economists is to promote scientific exchange. An annual meeting takes place for this purpose. In 2004 the statutes were expanded to better honor contributions to the field of labor economics. For this purpose, the statute of a fellow was introduced, and the award of prizes was initiated. In addition to the Jacob Mincer Prize , with which researchers are honored for their life's work in the field of labor economics, the Sherwin Rosen Prize for outstanding contributions to labor economics and the H. Gregg Lewis Prize, were awarded the excellent article in the Journal of Labor Economics.
President
- 1997: Gary Becker
- 1998: Edward Lazear
- 1999: Richard B. Freeman
- 2000: Sherwin Rosen
- 2001: Dan Hamermesh
- 2002: Ronald Ehrenberg
- 2003: Orley Ashenfelter
- 2004: Finis Welch
- 2005: John Pencavel
- 2006: Francine Blue
- 2007: Robert Willis
- 2008: Yoram Weiss
- 2009: Robert Pollak
- 2010: Richard W. Blundell
- 2011: David Card
- 2012: Shelly Lundberg
- 2013: Lawrence Katz
- 2014: John Abowd
- 2015: Janet Currie
- 2016: Henry Farber
- 2017: Marjorie McElroy
- 2018: Joseph Altonji
- 2019: Katharine Abraham