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IZA Prize in Labor Economics

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2015 IZA Prize awarded to Jan Svejnar

The 2015 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Czech-born economist Jan Svejnar, the James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy and Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, New York.

Professor Svejnar received the IZA Prize, widely regarded as the most prestigious science award in the field of labor economics, for his major contributions to comparative economics in general and the economics of transition in particular. The award ceremony was held during the annual IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development in Bonn, Germany, June 4-6, 2015.

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