Dear campus community,
It is with tremendous pride that we share the news that David Card, the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics, has won the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. It is the sixth Nobel Prize for our acclaimed economics department. Prof. Card shares the prize with Guido Imbens of Stanford and Joshua Angrist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The science of economics and the work of Prof. Card has shaped our understanding of some of the most critical issues of our time: wages, immigration, the value of higher education, and gender and race disparities in labor markets.
In the words of members of the Nobel Committee, Prof. Card’s work has improved our understanding of labor markets and “completely reshaped empirical work in the economic sciences…challenging conventional wisdom.” This last part, “challenging conventional wisdom,” is part of Berkeley’s DNA – it is what happens in our classrooms and laboratories; it is what leads to inspiration, discovery and new knowledge; it is what sets Berkeley apart and what makes it the most exciting place to work and study. And it is what results in the kind of recognition that we are celebrating today: Professor Card’s Nobel Prize is the 26th awarded to UC Berkeley faculty members.
Please join us in congratulating Prof. Card and his colleagues.
Fiat lux,