Joel Mokyr
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Joel Mokyr (born 26 July 1946) is a Dutch-born American-Israeli economic historian who has served as a professor of economics and history and as the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University since 1994.[4] Since 2001, he has also served as the Sackler Professorial Fellow at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.[4]
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Born | (1946-07-26) 26 July 1946 (age 77) |
Nationality | Israeli American |
Spouse | Margalit Mokyr |
Children | 2[1] |
Awards | Heineken Award for History (2006) Balzan Prize (2015) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Yale University (MPhil, PhD) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA) |
Doctoral advisor | William N. Parker John C. H. Fei |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Economic history |
Institutions | Northwestern University |
Doctoral students | Avner Greif[2] |
Main interests | Economic history of Europe |
Influenced | Cormac Ó Gráda[3] |
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