Papers from Conference in Honor of James Heckman- The Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics

Bridging the Gap Between Economic Theory and Econometric Practice: A Conference in Honor of James Heckman

Nov. 5–6, 2010

Presentations

 

“The Timing of Parental Income and Human Capital Development”

  • Pedro Carneiro, University College London
  • Video

“Sick of the Welfare State? Adaptation in the Demand for Social Insurance”

  • Martin Ljunge, University of Copenhagen
  • Video

“Aligning Learning Incentives: An Experiment in Mexican High Schools to Improve Mathematics Achievement”

  • Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania

“The Fading Link? A New Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth”

  • Marcelo P. Dabós, Universidad de Belgrano
  • Video

“Promotion, Turnover and Compensation in the Executive Market”

  • Robert Miller, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Video

“Identification and Estimation of Time-Varying Treatment Effects: How The Timing of Grade Retention Affects Outcomes”

  • Salvador Navarro, University of Wisconsin
  • Video

“The Determinants of the Sharp Decline of Inequality in Brazil”

  • Ricardo Barros, IPEA
  • Video

“An Estimable Equilibrium Model of Labor Market Search and Schooling Choice”

  • Christopher Flinn, New York University
  • Video

“Developing Pay-for-Performance Compensation for Medicare Physicians”

  • Tom MaCurdy, Stanford University
  • Video

“Estimation of Models with Incomplete Data by Combining Two Data Sets”

  • Hidehiko Ichimura, University of Tokyo
  • Video

“Generalized Roy Model and the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Social Programs”

  • James Heckman, University of Chicago
  • Video