Joel Mokyr

Joel Mokyr
Born (1946-07-26) 26 July 1946
NationalityIsraeli
American
SpouseMargalit Mokyr
Children2
AwardsHeineken Award for History (2006)
Balzan Prize (2015)
Academic background
Alma materYale University (MPhil, PhD)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA)
Doctoral advisorWilliam N. Parker
John C. H. Fei
Academic work
DisciplineEconomic history
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Doctoral studentsAvner Greif
Main interestsEconomic history of Europe
InfluencedCormac Ó Gráda

Joel Mokyr (born 26 July 1946) is a Dutch-born American-Israeli economic historian who has been a professor of economics and history and the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University since 1994. Since 2001, he has also been the Sackler Professorial Fellow at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University.