Nobel economics prize jointly awarded to labour market expert David Card
by Larry Elliott from Economics | The Guardian on (#5QK7W)
Canadian-born academic wins prize with Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens
A labour market expert whose work influenced the introduction of the UK's minimum wage has been named as a joint winner of the Nobel economics prize.
David Card, a Canadian-born economist, was one of three US-based academics given the prestigious award for their work on whether economic theory is supported by real-life situations.
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