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James Heckman
Biography
Selected publications
All available publications
Estimating marginal returns to education,
October 2010,
(with Pedro Carneiro and Edward Vytlacil),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP29/10
Analyzing social experiments as implemented: evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program,
August 2010,
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP22/10
Nonparametric estimation of nonadditive hedonic models,
July 2010,
(with Rosa Matzkin and Lars Nesheim),
Econometrica,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
James Heckman, Rosa Matzkin and Lars Nesheim, March 2005,
Nonparametric estimation of nonadditive hedonic models,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP03/05
Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation,
April 2010,
(with Susanne Schennach),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP09/10
Comparing IV with structural models: what simple IV can and cannot identify,
April 2010,
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP08/10
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
forthcoming,
(with Pedro Carneiro and Edward Vytlacil),
Econometrica,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Pedro Carneiro, James Heckman and Edward Vytlacil, July 2009,
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP21/09
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
January 2010,
(with Pedro Carneiro and Edward Vytlacil),
Econometrica,
Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 377-394,
Journal Articles
Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin,
July 2009,
(with Pedro Carneiro and Edward Vytlacil),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP21/09
Identification of treatment effects using control functions in models with continuous, endogenous treatment and heterogeneous effects,
September 2008,
(with Costas Meghir and Edward Vytlacil),
Econometrica,
Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 1191-1206,
Econometric Society,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Jean-Pierre Florens, James Heckman, Costas Meghir and Edward Vytlacil, July 2002,
Instrumental variables, local instrumental variables and control functions,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP15/02
Instrumental variables, local instrumental variables and control functions,
September 2008,
(with Costas Meghir and Edward Vytlacil),
Econometrica,
Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 1191-1206,
Journal Articles
Econometric causality,
January 2008,
International Statistical Review,
Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 1-27,
Journal Articles
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James Heckman, February 2008,
Econometric causality,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP01/08
Dynamic policy analysis,
January 2008,
(with Jaap Abbring),
in The Econometrics of Panel Data: Fundamentals and Recent Developments in Theory and Practice pp. 795-863, Springer Verlag,
Book Chapters
Labor market discrimination and racial differences in pre-market factors,
April 2005,
(with Pedro Carneiro),
Journal of Law and Economics,
Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 1-40,
Journal Articles
Nonparametric estimation of nonadditive hedonic models,
March 2005,
(with Lars Nesheim),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP03/05
Simulation and estimation of hedonic models,
January 2005,
(with Lars Nesheim),
forthcoming in Frontiers of Applied General Equilibrium Modeling: Essays in HoNour of Herbert Scarf,
Book Chapters
Human capital policy,
February 2004,
(with Pedro Carneiro),
in Inequality in America: what role for human capital policies, J. Heckman and A. Krueger MIT Press,
Book Chapters
Identification and estimation of hedonic models,
January 2004,
(with Lars Nesheim),
Journal of Political Economy,
112 (S1): S60-S109,
Journal Articles
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Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman and Lars Nesheim, January 2002,
Identification and estimation of hedonic models,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP07/02
Identification and estimation of hedonic models,
January 2004,
(with Lars Nesheim),
Journal of Political Economy,
112 (S1), pp. S60-S109,
Journal Articles
Estimating distributions of counterfactuals with an application to the returns to schooling and measurement of the effect of uncertainty on schooling choice,
May 2003,
(with Pedro Carneiro),
International Economic Review,
Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 361-422,
Journal Articles
The evidence on credit constraints in post-secondary schooling,
October 2002,
(with Pedro Carneiro),
Economic Journal,
Vol. 112, No. 482,
Journal Articles
Instrumental variables, local instrumental variables and control functions,
July 2002,
(with Costas Meghir),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP15/02
Identifying hedonic models,
May 2002,
(with Lars Nesheim),
American Economic Review,
Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 304-309,
American Economic Association,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Ivar Ekeland, James Heckman and Lars Nesheim, January 2002,
Identifying hedonic models,
cemmap Working Papers, CWP06/02
Identifying hedonic models,
May 2002,
(with Lars Nesheim),
American Economic Review,
Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 304-309,
Journal Articles
Identification and estimation of hedonic models,
January 2002,
(with Lars Nesheim),
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP07/02
Removing the veil of ignorance in assessing the distributional impacts of social policy,
January 2001,
(with Pedro Carneiro),
Swedish Economic Policy Review,
Vol. 8, pp. 273-301,
Economic Council of Sweden,
Journal Articles
What should be our human capital investment policy?,
May 1998,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2, May 1998,
Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 103-119,
Journal Articles
Characterization of selection bias using experimental data,
January 1998,
(with Hidehiko Ichimura),
Econometrica,
Vol. 66, pp. 1017-1098,
Journal Articles
Matching as an econometric estimator,
January 1998,
(with Hidehiko Ichimura),
Review of Economic Studies,
Vol. 65, pp. 261-294,
Journal Articles
Performance of matching as an econometric estimator: application to the JTPA program,
January 1997,
(with Hidehiko Ichimura),
Review of Economic Studies,
Vol. 64, pp. 605-654,
Journal Articles