Professors Erica Field and Nathan Nunn Selected as Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows

Erica Field and Nathan Nunn, both Assistant Professors of Economics at Harvard, have been selected as Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows and grant recipients. The prestigious and very competitive awards from the Sloan Foundation are given to early-career researchers nominated by their colleagues for exceptional work in their chosen scientific fields. The fellowships will support recipients’ research over a two-year period.

Professor Field researches Development Economics, Labor Economics, Economic Demography, and Health; Professor Nunn's research work is in International Trade, Economic Development, and Economic History.

For more information on Professors Erica Field and Nathan Nunn, please see their Harvard Websites:
Professor Erica Field
Professor Nathan Nunn

For more information on this award, please see the following sites:
http://www.sloan.org/
http://www.sloan.org/assets/files/press_releases/2009_research_fellows_press_release_final.pdf