Answer the following question: Facts:   - caption: david card in 2006    - repec id: pca271    - institution: university of california , berkeley    - field: labour economics      - birth date: 1956    - name: david card    - nationality: canada    - image: david card.jpg    - repec prefix: f    - alma mater: princeton university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david card .
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david edward card -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is a canadian labour economist and professor of economics at the university of california , berkeley .card earned his bachelor of arts degree from queen 's university in 1978 and his ph.d. degree in economics in 1983 from princeton university , under supervision of orley ashenfelter .from 1988 to 1992 , card was associate editor of the `` journal of labor economics '' and from 1993 to 1997 , he was co-editor of `` econometrica '' .he was the recipient of the 1995 john bates clark medal , awarded to `` that american economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge . ''he gave the 2009 richard t. ely lecture of the american economic association in san francisco .along with n. gregory mankiw , he was elected vice president of the american economic association for 2014 .in the early 1990s , card received much attention for his finding , together with his then princeton university colleague alan b. krueger that , contrary to widely accepted beliefs among economists , the minimum wage increase in new jersey did not result in job reduction of fast food companies in that state .while the methodology -lrb- see difference in differences -rrb- and its claim has been disputed by some -lrb- see minimum wage for discussion -rrb- , many economists , including joseph stiglitz , accept card and krueger 's findings .david card has also made fundamental contributions to research on immigration , education , job training and inequality .much of card 's work centers on a comparison between the united states and canada in various situations .on immigration , card 's research has shown that the economic impact of new immigrants is minimal .card has done several case studies on the rapid assimilation of immigrant groups , finding that they have little or no impact on wages .in an interview with the `` new york times '' , card said , `` i honestly think the economic arguments immigration are second order...