Professor Heckman receives the Chinese Government Friendship Award, the country’s highest honor granted to foreign experts in recognition of their contribution to China’s social and economic development.

Professor Heckman delivers the keynote lecture “A Dynamic Model of Health, Addiction, Education, and Wealth” at the 2019 China Meeting of the Econometric Society held by IESR.

Professor Heckman attends the Chicago–Jinan Joint Initiative Workshop 2018 and gives a public lecture “China’s Investment in Skills” at Jinan University.

IESR and CEHD formally co-launch the Chicago–Jinan Joint Initiative on the Study of Human Development which serves as a research home for our students and faculty, as well as for visiting scholars from a range of guest institutions.

IESR and CEHD co-host the Asian Family in Transition Conference on Migration and Professor Heckman is appointed Chair of the IESR Advisory Board.

IESR and CEHD co-launch the Longitudinal Study of Children’s Development in Mianzhu, to explore how to measure the traits, skills, and preferences that determine important life outcomes for children. The project is also crucial for understanding how parental absence affects the cognitive and non-cognitive development of left-behind children.

IESR and HCEO co-organize the first Guangzhou Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality, which continues as a collaborative summer event to this day.

Professor Heckman visits IESR for the first time and sets the foundation for IESR’s future cooperation with the University of Chicago.