Roland Fryer Wins John Bates Clark Young Economist Award

Roland Fryer of Harvard University won the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark young economist award for his work on the economics of race and education, the AEA said on its website.

Fryer’s “innovative and creative research contributions have deepened our understanding of the sources, magnitude and persistence of U.S. racial inequality,” the AEA said in its announcement on Friday. The 37-year-old Fryer, who is Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard, is the first African-American to receive the prize.