Guido W. Imbens
Guido W. Imbens received the 2021 prize in Economic Sciences. This profile brings together the official award record and attributed background on the economist’s work and career.
Personal and professional profile
- Name
- Guido W. Imbens [1]
- Full name
- Guido W. Imbens [2]
- Birth date
- 1963-09-03 [2]
- Birthplace
- Geldrop, the Netherlands [2]
- Education
- Brown University; Erasmus University Rotterdam [3]
- Fields / occupation
- business administration scholar; economist; university teacher; academic; econometrician [3]
- Prize
- Economic Sciences · 2021 [2]
- Research recognized
- for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships [2]
- Prize share
- 1/4 [2]
- Affiliation at the award
- Stanford University [2]
- Institutions in career record
- Harvard University; Stanford University [3]
Research, education and career background
Guido Wilhelmus Imbens (born 3 September 1963) is a Dutch-American economist whose research concerns econometrics and statistics. He holds the Applied Econometrics Professorship in Economics (Emeritus) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where he has taught since 2012. [4]
In 2021, Imbens was awarded half of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Joshua Angrist "for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships." Their work focused on natural experiments, which can offer empirical data in contexts where controlled experimentation may be expensive, time-consuming, or unethical. In 1994 Imbens and Angrist introduced the local average treatment effect (LATE) framework, an influential mathematical methodology for reliably inferring causation from natural experiments that accounted for and defined the limitations of such inferences. Imbens' work with Angrist, together with the work of Alan Krueger and co-recipient of the prize David Card is credited with catalysing the "credibility revolution" in empirical microeconomics. [4]
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Award and academic affiliation
The official Nobel record dates the Economic Sciences award to 2021 and lists Stanford University as the affiliation at the time. [2]
An affiliation attached to an award describes that point in the person’s career; it does not establish a current appointment. [2]
Education and career timeline
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Frequently asked questions
When did Guido W. Imbens receive the prize in Economic Sciences?
The official award record gives the year as 2021. [2]
Which institution was Guido W. Imbens affiliated with at the time of the Economic Sciences award?
Stanford University. This is the award-time affiliation. [2]
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