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James Heckman

Also known as James J. Heckman (OpenAlex)

American economistborn 1944

Wikidata names Albert Rees and Stanley W. Black as doctoral advisors, lists 32 doctoral students, and lists 2 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 8 other registers.

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James Heckman, pictured

Two steps up and one down. Dashed lines come from thesis records, solid lines from Wikidata. The full sheet opens at four up and two down.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Students on Wikidata32

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

Taught2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Werner G. Krebs

    born 1977
  • a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision

    Stephen V. Cameron

    born 2000

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 241 people: 241 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.