Submitters can submit their papers to the Award at the time of submission. All papers submitted to the Award that make the final programme are evaluated by the MinE Committee who then make a shortlist. The shortlist is then evaluated by the MinE Award Committee, chaired by the MinE Committee Chair, a member of the EEA Council a representative of the sponsor of the Award.
The Award is financed by the Hub for Equal Representation in STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the winner is awarded €5,000.
The 2025 Award was presented to:
Paper: Between Arab and White: Syrians and the Naturalization Law
Author: Donia Kamel
The author combines census data spanning multiple decades to examine children’s names, intermarriage patterns, and residential choices among Arabs in the aftermath of the 1915 Dow v. United States ruling. The author also outlines a compelling plan to conduct text analysis of both Arab American and historical American newspapers, alongside a study of name Americanization using the Syrian Business Directory. The data collection efforts are impressive, and the main analyses are rigorously conducted. Overall, this is a superb and extremely original paper. Even more importantly, in a political climate where world leaders are increasingly eager to impose migration restrictions and limit pathways to citizenship, this research underscores the enduring value of offering immigrants a clear path to full civic inclusion.
Runners-up paper:
The (Express)Way to Segregation: Evidence from Chicago - Sara Bagagli
Persistence of Inequality after Apartheid: Assessing the Role of Geography and Skills - Kristina Manysheva
Market Forces and Employer Racial Preferences: Evidence from Wartime Shortages - Joan Jennifer Martinez
2025 MinE Best Paper Award Committee — Dario Sansone (Chair), Camille Landais and Elias Papaioannou.
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
The 2024 Award was presented to:
Statistical Discrimination and Optimal Mismatch in College Major Selection, Mary Kate Batistich, Timothy N. Bond, Sebastian Linde, Kevin J. Mumford
Runner-up:
Political Rhetoric and Racial Discrimination in Arrests for Drugs, Francesco Barilari and Diego Zambiasi
2024 MinE Best Paper Award Committee — Massimo Morelli (Chair), Oriana Bandiera and Galina Zudenkova
The 2023 Award was presented to:
School Desegregation and Political Preferences: Long-Run Evidence from Kentucky Ethan Kaplan, Jörg L. Spenkuch and Cody Tuttle
Runners-up:
Price and Prejudice Alon Rubinstein
Ethnic Salience and Discrimination Zahra Murad, Emel Ozturk, Yi Sheng and Sigrid Suetens
2023 MinE Best Paper Award Committee — Massimo Morelli (Chair), Camille Landais and Anna Raute
The 2022 Award was presented to:
Minority Underrepresentation in US Cities, Federico Ricca and Francesco Trebbi
Runner-up:
Gender Typicality and Sexual Minority Labor Market Differentials, Ian Burn and Michael E. Martell
2022 MinE Best Paper Award Committee — Massimo Morelli (Chair), Martina Björkman Nyqvist and Nina Roussille