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Testing for moral hazard on dynamic insurance data
Abbring, Jaap H.; Chiappori, Pierre-André; Heckman, … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Adverse selection and moral hazard in insurance : can dynamic data help to distinguish?
Abbring, Jaap H.; Heckman, James J.; Chiappori, … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 1 (2003) 2/3, pp. 512-521
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Measuring Knowledge
Heckman, James J.; Zhou, Jin - 2022
Empirical studies in the economics of education, the measurement of skill gaps across demographic groups, and the impacts of interventions on skill formation rely on psychometrically validated test scores that record the proportion of items correctly answered. Test scores are sometimes taken as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351791
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Detecting Discrimination
Heckman, James J. - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (1998) 2, pp. 101-116
The evidence on discrimination produced from the audit method is examined. Audits survey the average firm and not the … marginal firm which determines the level of market discrimination. Taken on its own terms, there is little evidence of labor … market discrimination from audit methods. The validity of audit methods is critically dependent on unverified assumptions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005237561
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Measuring Knowledge
Heckman, James J.; Zhou, Jin - 2022
Empirical studies in the economics of education, the measurement of skill gaps across demographic groups, and the impacts of interventions on skill formation rely on psychometrically validated test scores that record the proportion of items correctly answered. Test scores are sometimes taken as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083722
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Measuring knowledge
Heckman, James J.; Zhou, Jin - 2022
Empirical studies in the economics of education, the measurement of skill gaps across demographic groups, and the impacts of interventions on skill formation rely on psychometrically validated test scores that record the proportion of items correctly answered. Test scores are sometimes taken as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187523
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Measuring Knowledge
Heckman, James J.; Zhou, Jin - 2022
Empirical studies in the economics of education, the measurement of skill gaps across demographic groups, and the impacts of interventions on skill formation rely on psychometrically validated test scores that record the proportion of items correctly answered. Test scores are sometimes taken as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013290073
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Gary Becker : model economic scientist
Heckman, James J. - 2015
This paper presents Gary Becker's approach to conducting creative, empirically fruitful economic research. It describes the traits and methodology that made him such a productive and influential scholar.
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The performance of performance standards
Heckman, James J.; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2002
This paper examines the performance of the JTPA performance system, a widely emulated model for inducing efficiency in government organizations. We present a model of how performance incentives may distort bureaucratic decisions. We define cream skimming within the model. Two major empirical...
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The performance of performance standards
Heckman, James J.; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 37 (2002) 4, pp. 778-811
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