Joshua Angrist

Joshua Angrist is an American economist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2021 for his work on the causal effects of economic policies. Born in 1971 in New York City, Angrist received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1998. He has held various academic positions, including professorships at Harvard and Stanford, and has written extensively on topics such as labor economics, education, and economic policy. Angrist is known for his work on the causal effects of economic policies and his use of experimental methods to study economic phenomena.