Jacob Mincer
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Jacob Mincer was a pioneering labor economist best known for founding modern empirical research on human capital and the economics of education and earnings.
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| Jacob Mincer canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Mincer Context triple: [James Heckman, influencedBy, Jacob Mincer]
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James Heckman
James Heckman is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on econometrics and the economics of human development, particularly the importance of early childhood education and skill formation.
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B.
Richard A. Easterlin
Richard A. Easterlin is an American economist best known for formulating the "Easterlin Paradox," which explores the relationship between income and happiness.
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C.
Gary Becker
Gary Becker was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for applying economic analysis to a wide range of human behaviors, including crime, discrimination, and family decisions.
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Max Abramovitz
Max Abramovitz was a prominent American architect known for his modernist designs of major cultural and institutional buildings, including notable performance arts centers and university facilities.
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E.
Alvin Hansen
Alvin Hansen was an influential American economist, often called the "American Keynes," known for popularizing Keynesian economics in the United States and contributing to modern macroeconomic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Mincer Target entity description: Jacob Mincer was a pioneering labor economist best known for founding modern empirical research on human capital and the economics of education and earnings.
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A.
James Heckman
James Heckman is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on econometrics and the economics of human development, particularly the importance of early childhood education and skill formation.
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B.
Richard A. Easterlin
Richard A. Easterlin is an American economist best known for formulating the "Easterlin Paradox," which explores the relationship between income and happiness.
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C.
Gary Becker
Gary Becker was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for applying economic analysis to a wide range of human behaviors, including crime, discrimination, and family decisions.
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D.
Max Abramovitz
Max Abramovitz was a prominent American architect known for his modernist designs of major cultural and institutional buildings, including notable performance arts centers and university facilities.
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E.
Alvin Hansen
Alvin Hansen was an influential American economist, often called the "American Keynes," known for popularizing Keynesian economics in the United States and contributing to modern macroeconomic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ labor economist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Theodore Schultz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jacob Mincer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
NERFINISHED
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IZA Prize in Labor Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-07-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-08-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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National Bureau of Economic Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Mincer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics of earnings
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economics of education ⓘ human capital theory ⓘ labor economics ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchFocus |
income distribution
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labor force participation of women ⓘ on-the-job training ⓘ returns to schooling ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gary Becker
NERFINISHED
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labor economics research on wage determination ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chicago school of economics
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Theodore Schultz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Bureau of Economic Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Mincer earnings function
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founding modern empirical research on human capital ⓘ pioneering work on earnings functions ⓘ pioneering work on the economics of education ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Investment in Human Capital and Personal Income Distribution
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Schooling, Experience, and Earnings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tomaszów Mazowiecki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Economics at Columbia University ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped |
Mincerian earnings function
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human capital earnings function ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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