2024 W.A. Mackintosh Public Lecture
2024 W.A. Mackintosh Public Lecture
Presenter: David E. Card, University of California, Berkeley
Title: "Cause and Effect and Evidence-based Polices"
Location: Stirling Hall, Room C
David Card is a labor economist, best known for his research on minimum wages, immigration, education, and inequality. He received his BA in 1978 from Queen ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s University and his PhD from Princeton. In 1995, he received the American Economics Association ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s (AEA) John Bates Clark Prize, awarded to the economist under 40 who has made the most significant contribution to the field. He was President of the AEA in 2021, and co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2021.