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Working Papers

2008

1. Heterogeneous Impacts in PROGRESA
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2008)

2007

2. Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations

2006

3. Evaluating Search and Matching Models Using Experimental Data
   Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations

2005

4. Equilibrium Policy Experiments and the Evaluation of Social Programs
   Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics View citations
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
   Working Papers, Queen's University, Department of Economics (2003) View citations
   University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project (2003) View citations

2003

5. Does Matching Overcome Lalonde's Critique of Nonexperimental Estimators?
   University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2005)
6. How Robust is the Evidence on the Effects of College Quality? Evidence From Matching
   University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2004)
7. The Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Evidence from a Prototypical Job Training Program
   University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project View citations
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
   Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (2003) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2004)
8. What is the Value Added by Caseworkers?
   University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2003, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
   University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project (2003) View citations
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2007)

2002

9. Is the Threat of Reemployment Services More Effective than the Services Themselves? Experimental Evidence from the UI System
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
10. The Performance of Performance Standards
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2002) View citations

2000

11. A Critical Survey of Empirical Methods for Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) (2000)
12. Evaluating Profiling as a Means of Allocating Government Services
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations
13. Is the Threat of Training More Effective than Training Itself? Experimental Evidence from the UI System
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations
    Also in UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics (1999) View citations

1999

14. The Pre-Program Earnings Dip and the Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Implications for Simple Program Evaluation Strategies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1998

15. Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1998)
16. Evaluating the Welfare State
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
17. Substitution and Dropout Bias in Social Experiments: A Study of an Influential Social Experiment
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)

1997

18. College Quality and the Wages of Young Men
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations
19. The Sensitivity of Experimental Impact Estimates: Evidence from the National JTPA Study
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2000)

1996

20. What Do Bureaucrats Do? The Effects of Performance Standards and Bureaucratic Preferences on Acceptance into the JTPA Program
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1995

21. Ashenfelters Dip and the Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Implication for Simple Program Evaluation Strategies
    UWO Department of Economics Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations

1994

22. Accounting for Dropouts in Evaluations of Social Experiments
    University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center View citations
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations
23. Making the Most Out Of Social Experiments: Reducing the Intrinsic Uncertainty in Evidence from Randomized Trials with an Application to the JTPA Exp
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1993

24. U.S. Education and Training Policy: A Re-evaluation of the Underlying Assumptions Behind the "New Consensus A Re-evaluation of the Underlying Assumptions Behind the "New Consensus"
    Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1992

25. A Simulation Estimator for Dynamic Models of Discrete Choice
    GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
    Also in Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago (1992) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1994)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Heterogeneous impacts in PROGRESA
   Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 145, (1-2), 64-80
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

2. Evaluating multi-treatment programs: theory and evidence from the U.S. Job Training Partnership Act experiment
   Empirical Economics, 2007, 32, (2), 491-528 View citations
3. Evaluating the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System Using a Regression Discontinuity Approach
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 104-107 View citations
4. What is the value added by caseworkers?
   Labour Economics, 2007, 14, (2), 135-151 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2006

5. Estimating the Returns to College Quality with Multiple Proxies for Quality
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (3), 701-728 View citations

2005

6. College Quality and Wages in the United States
   German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (3), 415-443 View citations
7. Does matching overcome LaLonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators?
   Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125, (1-2), 305-353 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
8. Rejoinder
   Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125, (1-2), 365-375

2004

9. How robust is the evidence on the effects of college quality? Evidence from matching
   Journal of Econometrics, 2004, 121, (1-2), 99-124 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
10. The Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Evidence from a Prototypical Job Training Program
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2004, 22, (2), 243-298 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

11. Evaluation aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik: Erfahrungen aus Nordamerika (Evaluating Avtive Labor Market Policies: Lessons from North America)
    Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 2000, 33, (3), 345-356
12. Is the Threat of Reemployment Services More Effective Than the Services Themselves? Evidence from Random Assignment in the UI System
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1313-1327 View citations

2002

13. Introduction
    Labour Economics, 2002, 9, (2), 137-141 View citations

2001

14. Reconciling Conflicting Evidence on the Performance of Propensity-Score Matching Methods
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 112-118 View citations

2000

15. A Critical Survey of Empirical Methods for Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2000, 136, (III), 247-268 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
16. Substitution And Dropout Bias In Social Experiments: A Study Of An Influential Social Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (2), 651-694 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1999

17. The Pre-programme Earnings Dip and the Determinants of Participation in a Social Programme. Implications for Simple Programme Evaluation Strategies
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (457), 313-48 View citations

1998

18. Accounting For Dropouts In Evaluations Of Social Programs
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 80, (1), 1-14 View citations
19. Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data
    Econometrica, 1998, 66, (5), 1017-1098 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1997

20. Assessing the Performance of Performance Standards in Public Bureaucracies
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 389-95 View citations
21. Making the Most Out of Programme Evaluations and Social Experiments: Accounting for Heterogeneity in Programme Impacts
    Review of Economic Studies, 1997, 64, (4), 487-535 View citations

1995

22. Assessing the Case for Social Experiments
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (2), 85-110 View citations

1994

23. A Simulation Estimator for Dynamic Models of Discrete Choice
    Review of Economic Studies, 1994, 61, (2), 265-89 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

Chapters

2000

1. The Sensitivity of Experimental Impact Estimates (Evidence from the National JTPA Study)
   A chapter in Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries, 2000, pp 331-356 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1999

2. The economics and econometrics of active labor market programs
   Chapter 31 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part A, pp 1865-2097 View citations