Associated Faculty and Academic Director, Center for Impact Sciences About John A. List John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. He received his B.S. in economics at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Wyoming. List joined the UChicago faculty in 2005, and served as Chairman of the Department of Economics from 2012-2018. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, he was a professor at the University of Central Florida, University of Arizona, and University of Maryland. List was elected a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2015. He also received the Arrow Prize for Senior Economists in 2008, the Kenneth Galbraith Award in 2010, the Yrjo Jahnsson Lecture Prize in 2012, and the Klein Lecture Prize in 2016. He received an honorary doctorate from Tilburg University in 2014, and from the University of Ottawa in 2017. John was also named a Top 50 Innovator in the Non-Profit Times for 2015 and 2016 for his work on charitable giving. He also served in the White House on the Council of Economic Advisers from 2002-2003, and is a Research Associate at the NBER. His research focuses on questions in microeconomics, with a particular emphasis on using field experiments to address both positive and normative issues. For decades his field experimental research has focused on issues related to the inner-workings of markets, the effects of various incentives schemes on market equilibria and allocations, how behavioral economics can augment the standard economic model, on early childhood education and interventions, and most recently on the gender earnings gap in the gig economy (using evidence from rideshare drivers). His research includes over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and several published books, including the 2013 international best-seller, The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life (with Uri Gneezy). Contact Information jlist@uchicago.edu Recent News UChicago, USAID Partner on First-Of-Its-Kind Workshop, Bringing Behavioral Science’s “Nudges” to India and South Asia Fri., December 08, 2023 Student profile: Fatima Irfan, MSCAPP Class of 2025 Fri., December 08, 2023 More news Upcoming Events Harris Alumni Discussion - Career Outcomes Mon., December 11, 2023 | 5:00 PM Credential Programs General Webinar Tue., December 12, 2023 | 7:00 AM More events
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