earnings and inequality, the labor force decisions of women and of job mobility. The citation for the degree also recognized Mincer's work in this area that has helped guide a generation of economists who study these important social questions. In recognition of his lifetime achievements in economics, Mincer was awarded the first IZA Prize in Labor Economics of the Institute for the Study of Labor (Bonn, Germany). The $50,000 prize was presented to Mincer by more than 100 of his former students and colleagues at a conference at Columbia University in 2002. In 2004 Mincer received a Career Achievement Award from the Society of Labor Economists; the annual award has subsequently become known as the Mincer Award. Mincer was never awarded a Nobel Prize, though he was considered one of the world's greatest economists of the 20th century, and was nominated for the award numerous times by admiring colleagues. Quotes regarding Mincer Selected bibliography Book chapters Reprinted as: Journal articles Notes External links IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor) Prize in Labor Economics University of Chicago's Society of Labor Economists Mincer Award 1922 births 2006 deaths Columbia University alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences American people of Polish-Jewish descent 20th-century American economists Labor economists Columbia University faculty Fellows of the Econometric Society Fellows of the American Statistical Association Distinguished Fellows of the American Economic Association Polish emigrants to the United States