International Fellows

Francis Vella

Georgetown University

Frank is a Professor and the Edmond Villani Chair in Economics in the Economics Department at Georgetown University. His field of research is in the development and application of microeconometric methods.

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Selected Publications

Dynamic heterogeneous distribution regression panel models, with an application to labor income processes

We consider estimation of a dynamic distribution regression panel data model with heterogeneous coefficients across units. […]

Ivan Fernandez-Val, Wayne Yuan Gao, Yuan Liao, Francis Vella

8 April 2022 | CWP10/22

Decomposing Changes in the Distribution of Real Hourly Wages in the U.S.

We analyze the sources of changes in the distribution of hourly wages in the United States […]

Ivan Fernandez-Val, Franco Peracchi, Francis Vella, Aico van Vuuren

18 November 2019 | CWP61/19

Nonseparable sample selection models with censored selection rules

We consider identiﬁcation and estimation of nonseparable sample selection models with censored selection rules. We employ […]

Ivan Fernandez-Val, Aico van Vuuren, Francis Vella

2 February 2018 | CWP10/18

Semiparametric estimation of structural functions in nonseparable triangular models

This paper introduces two classes of semiparametric triangular systems with nonadditively separable unobserved heterogeneity. They are […]

Victor Chernozhukov, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Whitney K. Newey, Sami Stouli, Francis Vella

8 November 2017 | CWP48/17

Semiparametric selection models with binary outcomes

This paper addresses the estimation of a semiparametric sample selection index model where both the selection […]

Roger Klein, Chan Shen, Francis Vella

23 September 2011 | CWP30/11

Bias corrections for two-step fixed effects panel data estimators

This paper introduces large-T bias-corrected estimators for nonlinear panel data models with both time invariant and […]

Ivan Fernandez-Val, Francis Vella

30 August 2011 | Journal Article

Previous version

Bias corrections for two-step fixed effects panel data estimators

Ivan Fernandez-Val, Francis Vella

27 February 2007 | CWP04/07

Estimating a class of triangular simultaneous equations models without exclusion restrictions

This paper provides a control function estimator to adjust for endogeneity in the triangular simultaneous equations […]

Roger Klein, Francis Vella

1 February 2010 | Journal Article

Previous version

Estimating a class of triangular simultaneous equations models without exclusion restrictions

Roger Klein, Francis Vella

15 July 2005 | CWP08/05

Bias corrections for two-step fixed effects panel data estimators

This paper introduces bias-corrected estimators for nonlinear panel data models with both time invariant and time […]

Ivan Fernandez-Val, Francis Vella

27 February 2007 | CWP04/07

Latest version

Bias corrections for two-step fixed effects panel data estimators

Ivan Fernandez-Val, Francis Vella

30 August 2011 | Journal Article

Estimating a class of triangular simultaneous equations models without exclusion restrictions

This paper provides a control function estimator to adjust for endogeneity in the triangular simultaneous equations […]

Roger Klein, Francis Vella

15 July 2005 | CWP08/05

Latest version

Estimating a class of triangular simultaneous equations models without exclusion restrictions

Roger Klein, Francis Vella

1 February 2010 | Journal Article