{"id":11376,"date":"2026-09-10T11:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/?p=11376"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:55:13","slug":"ethan-ballou-wins-the-perlman-paper-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/ethan-ballou-wins-the-perlman-paper-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Ballou wins the Perlman Paper Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Richard Perlman Prize for an Outstanding Paper in Labor Economics was won by graduate student <strong>Ethan Ballou<\/strong>.\u00a0 His work uses modern machine learning tools to find potential determinants of earnings risk.\u00a0 The Perlman Prize was first given in 1999 and recognizes the long history of strong labor economics research within the Department.\u00a0 Before his death Richard Perlman was a beloved faculty member who wrote, among many other contributions, the leading labor economics textbook of his era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2026\/09\/Ethan_710987983-247x300.webp\" alt=\"Ethan Ballou and Professor John Heywood\" class=\"wp-image-11377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2026\/09\/Ethan_710987983-247x300.webp 247w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2026\/09\/Ethan_710987983.webp 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><figcaption>Ethan Ballou and Professor John Heywood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The financial award associated with Perlman Prize comes from the many contributors to Richard Perlman Paper Prize Fund at the UWM Foundation. 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