- 2012 Sara de la Rica, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
- 2011 Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Johannes Kepler University of Linz
- 2010 Tim Hatton, University of Essex and the Australian National University
- 2009 Jan van Ours, Tilburg University
- 2008 Christian Dustmann, University College London
- 2007 Barry Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago
- 2006 Patricia Apps, University of Sydney, Australia
- 2005 Christoph M. Schmidt, RWI Essen
- 2004 Christopher Flinn, New York University
- 2003 Peter Kooreman, Groningen University
- 2002 Robert Wright, Glasgow University
- 2001 Anders Björklund, Stockholm University
- 2000 Daniela del Boca, Università di Torino
- 1999 Siv Gustafsson, University of Amsterdam
- 1998 Stephen Jenkins, University of Essex
- 1997 Paul Schultz, Yale University
- 1996 Heather Joshi, University of London
- 1995 Francois Bourguignon, DELTA, Paris
- 1994 Klaus F. Zimmermann, IZA, Bonn
- 1993 Arie Kapteyn, Rand Institution
- 1992 Anders Klevmarken, University of Uppsala
- 1991 Alessandro Cigno, University of Firenze
- 1990 Denis Kessler, EHESS/FFSA, France
- 1989 John Ermisch, University of Essex
- 1988 Pierre Pestieau, University of Liège
- 1987 Bernaard van Praag, University of Amsterdam