Awarding of the 2024 Barry Prize to Marianne Bertrand

Marianne Bertrand was awarded a 2024 Barry Prize for distinguished intellectual achievement at our investiture ceremony on Oct. 23, 2024 at the Library of Congress.
The prize citation for Dr. Bertrand's 2024 Barry Prize reads:
Through wide-ranging scholarly work in labor economics and related fields, Marianne Bertrand has expanded our knowledge of the complex and dynamic realities of corporate and household finance, political economy and corporate governance, gender and ethnic discrimination, and development economics. She has also contributed to the establishment of governing principles for universities seeking to reconcile the rights of academic free expression with orderly teaching and learning. The Academy honors Dr. Bertrand’s distinguished contributions to humanity’s understanding of everyday economic relationships, and to the integrity of the modern university.
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