Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, Seiten 1277-2097)
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Series:
Handbooks in economics. - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier, ZDB-ID 2685869-1. - Vol. 5
Type of publication: Book / Working Paper
Language: English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
v. 3A. Empirical strategies in labor economics / Joshua D. Angrist and Alan B. Krueger ; New developments in econometric methods for labor market analysis / Robert A. Moffitt ; Institutions and laws in the labor market / Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn ; Changes in the wage structure and earnings inequality / Lawrence F. Katz and David H. Autor ; Labor supply: a review of alternative approaches / Richard Blundell and Thomas MacurdyThe economic analysis of immigration / George J. Borjas ; Intergenerational mobility in the labor market / Gary Solon ; The causal effect of education on earnings / David Card ; The economics and econometrics of active labor market programs / James J. Heckman, Robert J. Lalonde and Jeffrey A. Smith.
Cover; Contents of Volume 3A; Introduction to the Series; Contents of the Handbook; Preface to the Handbook; PART 6: OVERVIEW ISSUES; Chapter 23. Empirical Strategies in Labor Economics; 1 Introduction; 2 Identification strategies for causal relationships; 3 Data collection strategies; 4 Measurement issues; 5 Summary; Appendix A; References; Chapter 24. New Developments in Econometric Methods for Labor Market Analysis; 1 What labor economists do; 2 Developments in qualitative, limited-dependent, and selection bias models; 3 Conclusions; References
Chapter 25. Institutions and Laws in the Labor Market1 Introduction; 2 Scope of the chapter; 3 Why are there labor market institutions?; 4 Theoretical overview: recent developments in analyzing labor market institutions, wage levels, wage dispersion, and employment; 5 Wage centralization and macroeconomic performance; 6 Wage-setting institutions and wage inequality; 7 Responses to labor market institutions; 8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 26. Changes in the Wage Structure and Earnings Inequality; 1 Introduction; 2 Changes in the US wage structure; 3 Changes in other advanced OECD countries
4 Conceptual framework supply, demand, and institutions5 Supply and demand factors; 6 Labor market rents and labor market institutions; 7 Conclusions; References; PART 7: THE SUPPLY SIDE; Chapter 27. Labor Supply: a Review of Alternative Approaches; 1 Introduction; 2 How have tax and welfare policies changed?; 3 Recent empirical trends; 4 A framework for understanding labor supply; 5 Policy reforms and the natural experiment approach; 6 Estimation with non-participation and non-linear budget constraints; 7 Family labor supply; 8 Structural dynamic models; 9 Closing comments
Appendix A. Specifications of within-period preferencesReferences; Chapter 28. The Economic Analysis of Immigration; 1 Introduction; 2 Immigration and the host country's economy; 3 The skills of immigrants: theory; 4 The skills of immigrants: empirics; 5 Immigration and the wage structure; 6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 29. Intergenerational Mobility in the Labor Market; 1 Introduction; 2 A simple theoretical model; 3 Sibling correlations in earnings; 4 Intergenerational correlations in earnings; 5 Neighborhood effects; 6 Conclusions; References
Chapter 30. The Causal Effect of Education on Earnings1 Introduction and overview; 2 The human capital earnings function; 3 Causal modelling of the return to education; 4 A selective review of recent empirical studies; 5 Conclusions; Appendix A; References; Chapter 31. The Economics and Econometrics of Active Labor Market Programs; 1 Introduction; 2 Public job training and active labor market policies; 3 The evaluation problem and the parameters of interest in evaluating social programs; 4 Prototypical solutions to the evaluation problem; 5 Social experiments
6 Econometric models of outcomes and program participation
ISBN: 978-0-444-50187-5 ; 0-444-50187-8
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ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW
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