The Richard Perlman Prize for an Outstanding Paper in Labor Economics was won by graduate student Ethan Ballou. His work uses modern machine learning tools to find potential determinants of earnings risk. The Perlman Prize was first given in 1999 and recognizes the long history of strong labor economics research within the Department. Before his death Richard Perlman was a beloved faculty member who wrote, among many other contributions, the leading labor economics textbook of his era.
The financial award associated with Perlman Prize comes from the many contributors to Richard Perlman Paper Prize Fund at the UWM Foundation. Thanks for the great support.