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Prof. Mitchell Wins Two Awards
Olivia S. Mitchell, the
International Foundation
of Employee Benefits Plans
Professor, is the 2007 recipient
of the Carolyn
Shaw Bell Award. The
award is given each year by
the American Economics
Association’s Committee
on the Status of Women in
the Economics Profession
(CSWEP) to an individual
who has “furthered the status
of women in the economics
profession, through
example, achievements,
increasing our understanding
of how women can
advance in the economics
profession and the mentoring
of others.” In addition
to her participation in committees
and task forces related
to women in business,
Mitchell’s influence as a
mentor “has extended itself
beyond her own students;
she has given many her attention
willingly and with
enthusiasm,” CSWEP officials
wrote in announcing
the award.
Mitchell also won the
2007 Pyramid Prize, with
colleague Annamaria
Lusardi of Dartmouth
College. The $50,000
award was given for
Mitchell and Lusardi’s article
“Baby Boomer retirement
security: The roles of
planning, financial literacy,
and housing wealth,” which
was published in the Journal
of Monetary Economics. The
Fidelity Research Institute
Pyramid Prize is given yearly
to the author of published
research the Institute
believes best helps improve
the lifelong financial wellbeing
of Americans.
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