ECONOMICS 861
Empirical Micro-Economics II

Format

• lecture and class discussion
• assignments, presentation, proposal

Grading

Topics

Panel Data: OLS, Fixed and Random Effects, IV

Related Economics
• Human Capital Earnings Functions
• Intertemporal Labour Supply
• Household Labor Supply
• Child Outcomes

Multinomial and Panel Discrete Choice

Related Economics
• Health and Income

Duration Analysis

Related Economics
• Job Search and Unemployment

Matched data

Related Economics
• Joint Production
• Job Creation and Destruction

Assignments

• HW 1 (preliminary)
• HW 2 (preliminary)
• HW 3 (TBA)
• Final Presentation / Proposal (TBA)

References

• Econometrics
  1. Kiefer, Nicholas 1988., "Economic Duration Data and Hazard Functions", Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 26, No. 2. (Jun., 1988), pp. 646-679, JSTOR.
  2. Train, Kenneth 2003. Probit, in Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation, Cambridge University Press. Chapter 5 PDF.
  3. Carlos Velasco 2004. Econometrics Notes, Chapter 2: IV
  4. University of Manchester, Lecture Notes: Instrumental variables and 2SLS
  5. Yamano, Takashi 2004. Lecture Notes on Advanced Econometrics Lecture 12: Instrumental Variables Estimation.
• Economics and Applications
  1. Altonji, Joseph G. 1986. "Intertemporal Substitution in Labor Supply: Evidence from Micro Data," JPE, Vol. 94, No. 3, Part 2: Hoover Institution Labor Conference. (Jun., 1986), pp. S176-S215. JSTOR
  2. Auld, M. Christopher 2005. "Smoking, Drinking, and Income," Calgary, Journal of Human Resources 40(2):505-518. PDF of Submitted Version.
  3. Baker, Michael, Jonathan Gruber, and Kevin Milligan 2005. "Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply and Family Well-Being," PDF of October Draft.
  4. Bernal, Raquel 2005. "The Effect of Maternal Employment and Child Care on Children’s Cognitive Development," Northwestern University, PDF of November draft .
  5. Betts, Julian, and Christopher Ferrall and Ross Finnie 2000. "The Transition to Work for Canadian University Graduates: Time to First Job, 1982-1990," Statistics Canada Analytical Studies Branch, Report #141
  6. Blau, Francine D. and Adam J. Grossberg 1992. "Maternal Labor Supply and Children's Cognitive Development," REStat, Vol. 74, No. 3. (Aug., 1992), pp. 474-481. JSTOR.
  7. Blundell, Richard, Pierre-Andre Chiappori, Thierry Magnac and Costas Meghir 2002. "Collective Labor Supply: Heterogeneity and Nonparticipation," PDF of September Draft
  8. Ferrall, Christopher, Kjell Gunnar Salvanes and Erik Øiolf Sørensen 2004. "Joint Production At The Workplace: Evidence From Norwegian Establishment Data, working paper.
  9. Imai Susumu and M.P. Keane 2004. "Intertemporal Labor Supply and Human Capital Accumulation," IER, Volume 45, Number 2, May 2004, pp. 601-641. Ingenta.
  10. Lentz, Rasmus and Dale T. Mortensen 2005. "An Empirical Model of Growth Through Product Innovation," University of Wisconsin-Madison, July PDF.
  11. Lundberg, Shelly 1988. "Labor Supply of Husbands and Wives: A Simultaneous Equations Approach," REStat, Vol. 70, No. 2. (May, 1988), pp. 224-235. JSTOR
  12. Willis, R. , "Wage Determinants: A Survey and Reinterpretation of Human Capital Earnings Functions," Handbook of Labor Economics, volume 1, Chapter 10.
  13. Wolpin, Kenneth I. 2001. "Wage Equations and Wage Policy," PIER Working paper, PDF of 01-107.