The Nobel Awards Three Veritable Social Scientists
When he received the news of the Nobel Prize in economics to David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens, Bocconi economics professor Tito Boeri was "explaining to students some studies carried out by Angrist and Card and telling them how much they would deserve the prize.” The three winners, he says, “interpreted in the right way the role of social scientists using available information to draw analysis and data to really tell us about cause and effect. Their works span a wide range of such relevant issues, from the impact of minimum wages on employment, to the effects of migration on employment and the returns of education. It is a well deserved acknowledgement.”