Steven Levitt
Steven Levitt · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Economist of crime and incentives; co-author of Freakonomics; Clark Medal (2003)
1967, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
United States (grew up in Minneapolis · University of Chicago)
Steven Levitt is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Economist of crime and incentives; co-author of Freakonomics; Clark Medal (2003)
Born in Boston to a Jewish family and raised in Minneapolis, Levitt earned degrees at Harvard and MIT and became a professor at the University of Chicago. He is known for applying rigorous economic analysis to unconventional questions — the economics of crime, incentives, cheating and everyday behavior — and popularized this approach in the best-selling book 'Freakonomics' (with Stephen Dubner). His empirical work on incentives and crime earned him the John Bates Clark Medal in 2003.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal
Economist of crime and incentives; co-author of Freakonomics; Clark Medal (2003)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal
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