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Dale T. Mortensen
USINFO | 2013-11-20 15:54
Nobel Prize in Economics, 2010 Laureate
| Born |
February 2, 1939 (age 74) Enterprise, Oregon |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | Northwestern University |
| Field | Labor economics |
| Alma mater |
Carnegie Mellon University Willamette University |
| Influenced | Christopher A. Pissarides |
| Awards |
IZA Prize in Labor Economics (2005) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2010 |
Mortensen's research focuses on labor economics, macroeconomics and economic theory. He is especially known for his pioneering work on the search and matching theory of frictional unemployment. He has extended the insights from this work to study labor turnover and reallocation, research and development, and personal relationships.
Awards, fellowships
Alexander Henderson Award, 1965.
Fellow, Econometric Society, 1979.
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2000.
IZA Prize in Labor Economics, 2005.
Nobel Prize in Economics, 2010; joint with Christopher A. Pissarides and Peter A. Diamond
The Dale T. Mortensen Building
On 1 February 2011 it was revealed that Dale T. Mortensen had a building named in his honour at Aarhus University. The new Dale T. Mortensen Building has been made the central hub for all international and PhD activities and contains the new PhD House, Dale's Café, the university's International Centre and the new IC Dormitory for international PhD students.
