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James Heckman is an American economist, statistician, and professor born in Chicago on April 19, 1944. He holds citizenship in the United States. Heckman was educated at Princeton University and Colorado College. His major academic disciplines are economics, macroeconomics, and science.
Heckman's doctoral advisor was Albert Rees, and he has had several doctoral students, including Lawrence Kenny, Pedro Carneiro, and Salvador Navarro. He is known for the Heckman correction, a technique in econometrics that corrects for selection bias.
Throughout his career, James Heckman has received numerous awards, such as the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, the John Bates Clark Medal, and the Frisch Medal. His professional occupations include economist, statistician, and professor.
