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Treatment effects and the measurement of skills in a prototypical home visiting program
Heckman, James J.; Liu, Bei; Mai, Lu; Zhou, Jin - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254466
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Estimation of dynamic discrete choice models by maximum likelihood and the simulated method of moments
Eisenhauer, Philipp; Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014
We compare the performance of maximum likelihood (ML) and simulated method of moments (SMM) estimation for dynamic discrete choice models. We construct and estimate a simplified dynamic structural model of education that captures some basic features of educational choices in the United States in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418037
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The non-market benefits of education and ability
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2017
This paper analyzes the non-market benefits of education and ability. Using a dynamic model of educational choice we estimate returns to education that account for selection bias and sorting on gains. We investigate a range of non-market outcomes including incarceration, mental health, voter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734499
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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 China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use recently developed semiparametric methods to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571520
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Maximum impact intergenerational associations
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J.; Landersø, Rasmus - 2023
the age ranges that best predict important human capital outcomes of children. The predictive power of parental resources … traditional snapshot proxies for lifetime incomes based on income flows at certain age windows in predicting child outcomes … used. We also find that the financial resources of parents compensate in part for non-monetary inputs to child human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249237
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Maximum Impact Intergenerational Associations
Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J.; Landersø, Rasmus - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
the age ranges that best predict important human capital outcomes of children. The predictive power of parental resources … traditional snapshot proxies for lifetime incomes based on income flows at certain age windows in predicting child outcomes … used. We also find that the financial resources of parents compensate in part for nonmonetary inputs to child human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248011
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Cognitive ability and the rising return to education
Cawley, John H.; Heckman, James J.; Vytlacil, Edward - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000654981
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Heckman, James J.; Layne-Farrar, Anne; Todd, Petra - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000576451
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Does measured school quality really matter? : An examination of the earnings-quality relationship
Heckman, James J. - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000929246
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The evidence on credit constraints in post-secondary schooling
Carneiro, Pedro; Heckman, James J. - 2002
This paper examines the family income-college enrollment relationship and the evidence on credit constraints in post … ability. Long-run factors crystallized in ability are the major determinants of the family income-schooling relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411871