At an IZA Reception during the ASSA 2020 Annual Meeting in San Diego, the 2019 IZA Young Labor Economist Award was conferred to Leah Platt Boustan (Princeton University) for her historical research on immigration, and to Philipp Kircher (University of Edinburgh and European University Institute) for his work on search, sorting and matching in labor markets [read more about the winners].
Pictured from left to right: Claudia Goldin (member of the IZA Prize Committee), Hilmar Schneider (CEO of IZA), Leah Boustan (co-winner of the Award), Daniel S. Hamermesh (Chair of the IZA Prize Committee).