Nobel Prize in economics awarded to David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens
By DW
17 October 2021 |
5:50 pm
The 2021 winners were chosen for providing new insights into the labor market and highlighting the importance of so-called natural experiments. The award wraps up this year's Nobel Prize season.
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