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Chapter 31. The Economics and Econometrics of Active Labor Market Programs

Heckman, James J.; Lalonde, Robert J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - In: Handbook of labor economics : volume 3, part A, (pp. 1865-2097). 1999

Policy makers view public sector-sponsored employment and training programs and other active labor market policies as tools for integrating the unemployed and economically disadvantaged into the work force. Few public sector programs have received such intensive scrutiny, and been subjected to...

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Symposium on child development and parental investment : introduction

Francesconi, Marco; Heckman, James J. - 2016

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Returns to education : the causal effects of education on earnings, health and smoking

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2016

This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in … differentials. For some, there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling. …

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Selection bias, comparative advantage and heterogeneous returns to education : evidence from China in 2000

Heckman, James J.; Li, Xuesong - 2003 - Revised

This paper uses newly available Chinese micro data to estimate the return to college education for late 20th century … return to education has increased substantially in China, compared to the returns measured in the 1980 s and the early 1990's. …

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Chapter 12 Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J.; Lochner, Lance; … - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 697-812). 2006

This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...

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Using matching, instrumental variables and control functions to estimate economic choice models

Heckman, James J.; Navarro, Salvador - 2003 - Final draft January, 2003

of selection) in matching, instrumental variable and control functions methods. (2) It contrasts the roles of exclusion … restrictions in matching and selection models. (3) It characterizes the sensivity of matching to the choice of conditioning …. (4) It demonstrates the problem of choosing the conditioning variables in matching and the failure of conventional model …

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Lessons from Denmark about Inequality and Social Mobility

Heckman, James J.; Landerso, Rasmus - 2021

Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high levels of income mobility across generations. It has in place many social policies now advocated for adoption in the U.S. Despite generous Danish social policies, family...

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Lessons from Denmark about inequality and social mobility

Heckman, James J.; Landersø, Rasmus - 2021

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Lessons from Denmark About Inequality and Social Mobility

Heckman, James J.; Landersø, Rasmus - 2021

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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle

Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48

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