Scientist David Card was awarded one half of the Nobel prize, while the other half was shared by Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens for their work on unintended experiments - or natural experiments
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A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for pioneering research that showed an increase in minimum wage does not lead to less hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers, challenging commonly held ideas. Two others shared the award for creating a way to study these types of societal issues.