JG Altonji, TE Elder… - Journal of Political Economy, 2005 - faculty.smu.edu
Page 1. 151 [Journal of Political Economy, 2005, vol. 113, no. 1] 2005 by The University of Chicago.
All rights reserved. 0022-3808/2005/11301-0001$10.00 Selection on Observed and Unobserved
Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools Joseph G. Altonji ...
This paper develops and estimates an overlapping generations general equilibrium model
of labor earnings, skill formation and physical capital accumulation with heterogeneous
human capital. The model analyzes both schooling choices and post-school on-the-job ...
SV Cameron… - Journal of Political Economy, 2004 - pricetheory.uchicago.edu
Does access to credit influence educational outcomes? The answer to this question is
fundamental to sensible educational policy and to our understanding of intergenerational
transmission of inequality, returns to schooling, economic growth, and many other ...
This paper defines and estimates general equilibrium treatment effects. The conventional
approach in the literature on treatment effects ignores interactions among individuals
induced by the policy interventions being studied. Focusing on the impact of tuition policy, ...
Missing from recent discussions of tax reform is any systematic analysis of the effects of
various tax proposals on skill formation. This gap in the literature in empirical public finance
is due to the absence of any empirically based general equilibrium models with both ...
CR Taber - Review of Economic Studies, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Page 1. Review of Economic Studies (2001) 68, 665–691 0034–65270100280667$02.00
2001 The Review of Economic Studies Limited The Rising College Premium in the
Eighties: Return to College or Return to Unobserved Ability? ...
JG Altonji, TE Elder… - Journal of Human Resources, 2005 - jhr.uwpress.org
Page 1. An Evaluation of Instrumental Variable Strategies for Estimating the Effects
of Catholic Schooling Joseph G. Altonji Todd E. Elder Christopher R. Taber ABSTRACT
Several previous studies have relied on religious affiliation ...
JG Altonji, TE Elder… - 2000 - nber.org
Page 1. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES SELECTION ON OBSERVED AND
UNOBSERVED VARIABLES: ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS Joseph G. Altonji Todd E. Elder Christopher R. Taber ...
T Gladden… - Finding jobs: Work and welfare reform, 2000 - books.google.com
During the last thirty years we have witnessed a large increase in the" returns to skill." These
changes in the wage structure have renewed interest aimed at increasing the skill levels of
low-skilled workers. Attempts to do this through job training programs have been largely ...
S Cameron… - 2000 - nber.org
To a large degree, the expansion of student aid programs to potential college students over
the past 25 years in the United States has been based on the presumption that borrowing
constraints present an obstacle to obtaining a college education. Economists and ...
Bureaucratic performance standards are featured in many proposals to increase efficiency in
government. These standards reward bureaucrats on the basis of measured outcomes. The
performance standards system created under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of ...
This paper explores issues that arise in the evaluation of social programs using
experimental data in the frequently encountered case where some of the experimental
treatment group members drop out of the program prior to receiving treatment. We begin ...
This paper formulates and estimates an open-economy overlapping generation general-
equilibrium model of endogenous heterogeneous human capital in the form of schooling
and on-the-job training. Physical capital accumulation is also analyzed. We use the model ...
CR Taber - Journal of Econometrics, 2000 - Elsevier
Page 1. TECHNICAL WORKING PAPER SERIES ECONOMETRIC MIXTURE MODELS
AND MORE GENERAL MODELS FOR UNOBSERVABLES IN DURATION ANALYSIS James
J. Heckman Christopher R. Taber Technical Working Paper No. ...
B Dupor, L Lochner, C Taber… - The American Economic …, 1996 - JSTOR
This paper investigates the magnitudes of some distortions in the US tax system on human-
capital accumulation for typical individuals using simulations from a structural model of
human-capital accumulation. We estimate the parameters of a human-capital production ...
[CITATION] The effects of government policy on human capital investment and wage inequality
H Ichimura… - The American Economic Review, 2002 - JSTOR
It has become common practice in the empirical literature to refer to any nonstructural
empirical analysis as" reduced form." This is not the traditional sense of the phrase. A classic
reduced-form analysis (see eg, Jacob Marschak, 1953) first specifies a structural model ...
JJ Heckman, L Lochner… - Fiscal Studies, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Policies to promote human capital formation have been advocated as a remedy for
reducing the economy-wide problem of rising wage inequality. These policies are national in
character and are designed to substantially alter the proportion of the work-force that is ...
HS Nielsen, T Sørensen… - 2008 - nber.org
Page 1. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF STUDENT AID
ON COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: EVIDENCE FROM A GOVERNMENT GRANT POLICY
REFORM Helena Skyt Nielsen Torben Sørensen Christopher R. Taber ...
C Taber - Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy, 2002 - degruyter.com
The progressivity of the tax system has a potentially large disincentive effect on human
capital accumulation. It is thus surprising that Heckman, Lochner, and Taber (1998b, 1999a,
b) represent the only previous empirical work on this important topic. I build on their work a ...
H Ichimura… - 2000 - nber.org
Page 1. TECHNICAL WORKING PAPER SERIES DIRECT ESTIMATION OF POLICY IMPACTS
Hidehiko Ichimura Christopher Taber Technical Working Paper 254 http://www.nber.org/papers/
T0254 ... 2000 by Hidehiko Ichimura and Christopher Taber. All rights reserved. ...
T Conley… - 2005 - nber.org
Difference in differences methods have become very popular in applied work. This paper
provides a new method for inference in these models when there are a small number of
policy changes. This situation occurs in many implementations of these estimators. ...
H Ichimura… - The American Economic Review, 2001 - JSTOR
Propensity-score matching is a nonexperimental method for estimating the average effect of
social programs (see William Cochran, 1968; Paul Rosenbaum and Donald Rubin, 1983;
James Heckman et al., 1998b). The method compares average outcomes of participants ...
S Cameron… - Unpublished, Dept. of Econ., Northwestern …, 1998 - ssc.wisc.edu
Abstract This paper investigates a nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator of dynamic
discretechoice models, which is easily extended to a wide variety of economic and social
science contexts. Specifically, we explore longitudinal data models of binary choice in the ...
This paper considers the statistical and economic justification for one widely-used method of
adjusting data from social experiments to account for dropping-out behavior due to Bloom
(1984). We generalize the method to apply to distributions not just means, and present ...
JG Altonji, TE Elder… - The American Economic Review, 2008 - JSTOR
Page 1. American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 2008, 98:2, 345-350
http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.98.2.345 APPLICATIONS OF
RECENT METHODOLOGY IN PROJECT EVALUATION* Using ...
TG Conley… - The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011 - MIT Press
Page 1. INFERENCE WITH “DIFFERENCE IN DIFFERENCES” WITH A SMALL
NUMBER OF POLICY CHANGES Timothy G. Conley and Christopher R. Taber*
Abstract—In difference-in-differences applications, identification ...
E French, B Mazumder… - FRB of Chicago Working Paper …, 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We examine the key components that determine an individual's early career wage
growth and how these factors have changed for less skilled workers over the last twenty
years. In particular, we examine the relative importance of accumulating work experience ...
JG Altonji, CI Huang… - 2005 - Citeseer
CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): We examine
whether a voucher program for private schools would lure the best students away from public
schools, with negative consequences for those who remain behind. Given both heterogeneity ...
T Gladden… - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We estimate the covariance between the permanent component of wages and a random
coefficient on experience in models both with potential experience and with actual
experience. Actual experience is allowed to be arbitrarily correlated with both the ...
L Hu… - 2005 - nber.org
This paper expands on Gibbons and Katz (1991) by looking at how the difference in wage
losses across plant closing and layoff varies with race and gender. We find that the
differences between white males and the other groups are striking and complex. The ...
E French… - Handbook of Labor Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract This chapter discusses identification of common selection models of the labor
market. We start with the classic Roy model and show how it can be identified with exclusion
restrictions. We then extend the argument to the generalized Roy model, treatment effect ...
L Hu… - Journal of Labor Economics, 2011 - JSTOR
Gibbons and Katz's asymmetric information model of the labor market predicts that wage
losses following displacement should be larger for layoffs than for plant closings. This was
borne out in their empirical work. In this article, we examine how the difference in wage ...
[CITATION] The effects of government policies on human capital investment, unemployment and earnings inequality
J Heckman, L Lochner, J Smith… - … -Labor Markets in Germany and the USA, 1998
[CITATION] Selection on observed and unobserved variables
JG Altonji, TE Elder… - 2000
T Gladden… - Unpublished manuscript, 2006 - ssc.wisc.edu
A distinguishing aspect of the early labor force experience of young workers is the amount of
turnover that they experience. The transition from school into adulthood is very erratic with
many job changes and weak attachment to the labor force. Many argue that this turnover ...
H Ichimura… - NBER Working Paper T, 2000 - fmwww.bc.edu
This paper specifies a general set of conditions under which the impacts of a policy can be
identified using data generated under a different policy regime. We show that some of the
policy impacts can be identified under relatively weak conditions on the data and structure ...
[CITATION] The Effectiveness of Catholic School
JG Altonji, TE Elder… - under revision, Northwestern University, 1999
JG Altonji, CI Huang… - 2010 - nber.org
Page 1. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES ESTIMATING THE CREAM SKIMMING
EFFECT OF SCHOOL CHOICE Joseph G. Altonji Ching-I Huang Christopher R. Taber
Working Paper 16579 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16579 ...
[CITATION] sWhat Do Bureaucrats Do? The Effects of Performance Standards and Bureaucratic Preferences on Acceptance into the JTPA Programt
J Heckman, J Smith… - Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, …, 1996
[CITATION] Roy model
J Heckman… - The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008
[CITATION] oBorrowing Constraints and the Re0 turns to Schooling
S Cameron… - 2000 - mimeo
[CITATION] IV Strategies for Evaluating the Catholic School Effect
JG Altonji, TE Elder… - NBER Working Paper
JD ANGRIST, DM BLAU, A FALK… - investigaciones …, 2006 - funep.es
Page 1. investigaciones económicas. vol. XXX (2), 2006, 179-206 HOW TO DO
EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS FRANCIS KRAMARZ (Editor) INSEE JOSHUA D. ANGRIST
MIT DAVID M. BLAU University of North Carolina ARMIN ...
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Inference withDifferences in Differences' with a Small Number of Policy Changes.”
T Conley… - Review of Economics and Statistics
[CITATION] Wage Progressions Among Less-Skilled Workers
C Taber… - Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform. New York: …, 2000
[CITATION] Direct Estimation of Policy Impacts," manuscript, Northwestern University
H Ichimura… - 1998
[CITATION] Methods for Using Selection on Observed Variables to Address Selection on Unobserved variables
J Altonji, T Conley, T Elder… - 2005 - March
[CITATION] Inference with 'Difference-in-Differences' with a Small Number of Policy Changes. 2005
C Timothy… - NBER Working Paper
[CITATION] Discount Rate Bias in the Returns to Schooling
S Cameron… - Northwestern University manuscript, 1998
[CITATION] The Effects of Government Policies on Human Capital Investment and Wage Inequality
L Lance, S Jeffrey… - Chicago Policy Review, 1997
T Conley… - 2007 - faculty.chicagobooth.edu
Abstract Difference in differences methods have become very popular in applied work and in
many applications identification of the key parameter arises from changes in policy by a
small number of groups. This is at odds with typical inference via asymptotic ...
[CITATION] Borrowing Constraints and the Returns to Schooling, Journal of Political Economy
S Cameron… - 2004
[CITATION] General equilibrium cost benefit analysis of education and tax policies
JJ Heckman, L Lochner… - NBER …, 1998 - NATIONAL BUREAU OF …
F Kramarz, JD Angrist, DM Blau… - investigaciones …, 2006 - redalyc.uaemex.mx
Page 1. Investigaciones Económicas Fundación Empresa Pública ie@funep.es
ISSN (Versión impresa): 0210-1521 ISSN (Versión en línea): 1575-4367 ESPAÑA
2006 Francis Kramarz Insee / Joshua D. Angrist Mit / David M ...
C Taber… - 2010 - ccer.org.cn
The four most important models of post-schooling wage determination in economics are
almost certainly human capital, the Roy model, the compensating differentials model, and
the search model. All four lead to wage heterogeneity. While separating human capital ...
[CITATION] Three essays on semiparametric models of dynamic discrete choice, program evaluation, and the college premium in the eighties
C Taber - 1995 - University of Chicago, Department of …
[CITATION] The Rising College Premium in the Eighties: Return to College or Return to Unobserved Ability", forthcoming in Review of Economic Studies
C Taber - 1999
[CITATION] Tax Reform and Human Capital Accumulation: An Empirical General Equilibrium Model of Skill Formation
C Taber… - 1998 - Institute for Policy Research, …
[CITATION] TECHNICAL WORKING PAPER SERIES
T Conley… - 2005
JG Altonji, T Conley, TE Elder… - 2011 - economics.harvard.edu
Page 1. Methods for Using Selection on Observed Variables to Address Selection
on Unobserved Variables 1 (Preliminary and Incomplete) Joseph G. Altonji Timothy
Conley Todd E. Elder Christopher R. Taber May 26, 2011 ...
[CITATION] Stephen Cameron Department of Economics Columbia University Christopher Taber Department of Economics and
C Taber - 1999
C Taber… - … Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, 2004 - ideas.repec.org
Difference in differences methods have become very popular in applied work. These models
are typically quite easy to implement and to interpret. However, performing inference with
these models is not. This paper addresses one particular aspect that is likely to be very ...
C Taber… - 2010 - lmdg.econ.au.dk
The four most important models of post-schooling wage determination in economics are
almost certainly human capital, the Roy model, the compensating differentials model, and
the search model. All four lead to wage heterogeneity. While separating human capital ...
TG Conley… - 2009 - ssc.wisc.edu
Page 1. Web Appendix for “Inference with 'Difference in Differences' with a Small Number of Policy
Changes” Timothy G. Conley1 Graduate School of Business University of Chicago and Christopher
R. Taber Department of Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
L Hu… - 2007 - fachportalpaedagogik.de
Abstract In a seminal paper, Gibbons and Katz (1991) develop and empirically test an
asymmetric information model of the labor market. The model predicts that wage losses
following displacement should be larger for layoffs than for plant closings, which was ...
JG Altonji, T Conley, TE Elder… - 2010 - aida.wss.yale.edu
Page 1. Methods for Using Selection on Observed Variables to Address Selection on
Unobserved Variables 1 (Work in Progress: Preliminary and Incomplete) Joseph G. Altonji
Timothy Conley Todd E. Elder Christopher R. Taber 8th September 2010 ...
[CITATION] Applications of Recent Methodology in Project Evaluation-Using Selection on Observed Variables to Assess Bias from Unobservables when Evaluating …
JG Altonji, TE Elder… - American …, 2008 - Princeton, NJ: American Economic …
T Gladden… - 2009 - ssc.wisc.edu
A distinguishing aspect of the early labor force experience of young workers is the amount of
turnover that they experience. Their work history is very erratic with many job changes and
weak attachment to the labor force. Many argue that this turnover is inefficient and leads to ...
H Ichimura… - 2002 - ssc.wisc.edu
The goal of this paper is to use a semiparametric reduced form model to estimate the effects
of various tuition subsidies. This approach expands on the tuition subsidy example in
Ichimura and Taber (2000) in a number of dimensions. It has become common practice in ...
This chapter discusses identification of common selection models of the labor market. 14 We
are primarily concerned with nonparametric identification. We view nonparametric 15
identification as important for the following reasons. 16 First, recent advances in computer ...
[CITATION] Inference with “Difference in Differences” with a Small Number of Policy Changes (Preliminary and Incomplete)
TG Conley… - 2004
J Altonji, T Elder… - 2002 - ipr.northwestern.edu
Abstract Several previous studies have relied on religious affiliation and the proximity to
Catholic schools as exogenous sources of variation for identifying the effect of Catholic
schooling on a wide variety of outcomes. Using three separate methodologies, we ...
[CITATION] Stephen Cameron Department of Economics Columbia University and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
C Taber - 2000
[CITATION] Accounting for Dropouts in Evaluations of Social
C Sanders… - 2012 - ssc.wisc.edu
In this appendix we expand upon the model presented in the text of the paper. First we
generalize the model to allow for bargaining on the job rather than taking wages as
exogenous. We then consider some special cases, first considering general human ...
T Gladden… - 2006 - Citeseer
A distinguishing aspect of the early labor force experience of young workers is the amount of
turnover that they experience. The transition from school into adulthood is very erratic with
many job changes and weak attachment to the labor force. Many argue that this turnover ...
[CITATION] Tricia Gladden Department of Economics Louisiana State University Christopher Taber Department of Economics
C Taber - 2000
E French, B Mazumder… - 2005 - npc.umich.edu
Over the past 30 years we have witnessed large changes in labor force participation rates of
low skilled individuals. Perhaps most importantly, low skill women work participate at much
higher rates. Over this period, there have been a number of reforms to the tax and welfare ...
C Sanders… - 2011 - ssc.wisc.edu
Abstract Wages grow rapidly for young workers and the human capital investment model is
the classic framework to explain this growth. While estimation and theory of human capital
traditionally focused on general human capital, both have evolved towards models of ...
JG Altonji, CI Huang… - 2004 - aida.wss.yale.edu
Page 1. Estimating the Cream Skimming Effect of Private School Vouchers on Public School
Students 1 (Preliminary and Incomplete) Joseph G. Altonji Yale University and NBER Ching-I
Huang Northwestern University Christopher R. Taber Northwestern University and NBER ...
C Taber - 2010 - econ.missouri.edu
Abstract We examine whether a voucher program for private schools would lure the best
students away from public schools, with negative consequences for those who remain
behind. Given both heterogeneity in program types and limited data on entrance into ...
J Heckman, J Abbring… - International …, 2001 - en.scientificcommons.org
A Mit, D Joshua, DM Blau, A Falk, K Insee… - 2006 - en.scientificcommons.org
G Hanson, H Li, A Park, M Rosenzweig, S Rozelle… - ecsocman.hse.ru
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