Joel Mokyr
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. Since 2001, he has also served as the Sackler Professorial Fellow at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.
Joel Mokyr | |
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| Born | 26 July 1946 Leiden, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Israeli American |
| Spouse | Margalit Mokyr |
| Children | 2 |
| 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 |
| Main interests | Economic history of Europe |
| Influenced | Cormac Ó Gráda |
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