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The David N. Kershaw Award and Prize recognizes young professionals under the age of 40 who have made distinguished contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management. The award, which includes a cash prize, goes to early-career professionals whose contributions to research-based knowledge have advanced the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies. [1]
| Year | Recipient | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Elizabeth Linos [3] [4] [5] | Harvard University |
| 2022 | Abigail Aiken [6] | University of Texas at Austin |
| 2021 | Sanya Carley [7] | Indiana University |
| 2020 | Kirabo Jackson [8] | Northwestern University |
| 2018 | David Deming [9] | Harvard University |
| 2016 | Varun Rai [10] | University of Texas at Austin |
| 2014 | Donald Moynihan [11] | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2012 | John M. MacDonald | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2011 | Esther Duflo [12] | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2008 | Brian Jacob [13] | University of Michigan |
| 2006 | Jens Ludwig | Georgetown University |
| 2005 | Carolyn Heinrich [14] | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2003 | David Cutler | Harvard University |
| 2001 | James Hamilton | Duke University |
| 1999 | Jonathan Caulkins | Carnegie Mellon University |
| 1997 | Alan Krueger | Princeton University |
| 1995 | John DiIulio | Princeton University |
| 1993 | Rebecca Blank | Northwestern University |
| 1991 | Katherine Swartz | Urban Institute |
| 1991 | Deborah Freund | Indiana University |
| 1987 | David Ellwood | Harvard University |
| 1985 | Lee Friedman | University of California at Berkeley |
| 1983 | Joseph Newhouse | Rand Corporation |
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