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John Pencavel

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John Pencavel
NationalityBritish
Academic career
FieldEconometrics
Labour economics
InstitutionStanford University
Alma materUniversity College London
Princeton University
Influences
  • John Spraos
  • Albert Rees
AwardsJacob Mincer Award (2008)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

John H. Pencavel is a British economist and academic, currently serving as Levin Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at Stanford University, having been at the institution since 1969. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1993), Fellow of University College London (2001), Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists (2004), and Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association.

Career

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Pencavel grew up in Hanwell, West London, attending Drayton Manor Grammar School. He then went on to read Economics at University College London, gaining both a BSc (1965) and MSc (1966), before receiving his PhD from Princeton University in 1969.[1]

In 2005, he was made President of the Society of Labor Economists, and in 2014 was made President of the Western Economic Association.[2]

Pencavel's major contributions lie within labour economics, focussing on behavioural models of trade unions, and modelling worker cooperatives.[3] Pencavel is also the creator of the JEL Classification System, used in an amended form by the AEA to this day.[4]

Awards

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Pencavel was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1978, and the Jacob Mincer Award for lifetime contributions to labour economics in 2008.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "John H Pencavel". Stanford University. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Past Presidents" (PDF). Western Economic Association International.
  3. ^ "John Pencavel interview". UCL. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ Cherrier, Beatrice (June 2017). "Classifying Economics: A History of the JEL Codes". Journal of Economic Literature. 55 (2): 545–79. doi:10.1257/jel.20151296. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Curriculum Vitae: John Pencavel". Stanford University. December 2019.