Elaine Bennett Research Prize


The Elaine Bennett Research Prize, awarded every year by the American Economic Association, recognizes and honors outstanding research in any field of economics by a woman not more than ten years beyond her Ph.D. Prior to 2023 the award had been given every other year for a woman not more than seven years beyond her PhD. First awarded in 1998, three of the first six winners of this prize have been the first three female winners of the John Bates Clark Medal.
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Past recipients

YearMedalistsInstitution at Time of AwardNationalityClark Medal
1998Judith ChevalierUniversity of ChicagoUnited States
2000Susan C. AtheyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States2007
2002Esther DufloMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyFrance2010
2004Marianne BertrandUniversity of ChicagoBelgium
2006Monika PiazzesiUniversity of ChicagoGermany
2008Amy FinkelsteinMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States2012
2010Erica FieldHarvard UniversityUnited States
2012Anna MikushevaMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRussia
2014Emi NakamuraColumbia UniversityUnited States and Canada2019
2016Marina HalacColumbia University and the University of WarwickArgentina
2018Melissa DellHarvard UniversityUnited States2020
2020Stefanie StantchevaHarvard UniversityFrance2025
2022Rebecca DiamondStanford UniversityUnited States
2023Maya Rossin-SlaterStanford UniversityUnited States
2024Maryam FarboodiMIT Sloan School of ManagementIran
2025Mira FrickPrinceton UniversityGerman