Problemy z próbami, dyskryminacją rasową i edukacją: ekonometria i zagadnienia społeczne w pracy Jamesa J. Heckmana (nagroda imienia Nobla, 2000)

James J. Heckman, the economist belonging to the so-called Chicago School, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2000. His main contribution to microeconomics was developing methods for handling selective samples in a statistically satisfactory way. In social sciences Heckman is one of the main researchers of racial discrimination and education, with the special regard to the noncognitive aspects of the early education.