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Working Papers

2022

1. Simple Tests for Selection: Learning More from Instrumental Variables
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2020) View citations (1)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (7)
2. Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Evaluation Review (2022)

2021

3. Some Children Left Behind: Variation in the Effects of an Educational Intervention
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)

2020

4. Are Program Participants Good Evaluators?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
5. Do Reemployment Programs for the Unemployed Work for Youth? Evidence from the Great Recession in the United States
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2021)

2019

6. Youth Unemployment and U.S. Job Search Assistance Policy during the Great Recession
   University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics, University of Cyprus Department of Economics View citations (1)

2018

7. Does Federally-Funded Job Training Work? Nonexperimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (1)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) View citations (8)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (31)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (33)
8. The Consequences of Academic Match between Students and Colleges
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (12)
   CLEF Working Paper Series, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo (2016)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2020)

2016

9. Tobacco Regulation and Cost-Benefit Analysis: How Should We Value Foregone Consumer Surplus?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in American Journal of Health Economics (2018)
10. Viewpoint: Estimating the Causal Effects of Policies and Programs
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique (2016)

2015

11. Employment and Training Programs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Chapter (2015)
12. Simple Tests for Selection Bias: Learning More from Instrumental Variables
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)

2013

13. The Determinants of Mismatch Between Students and Colleges
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)

2011

14. On Educational Performance Measures
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Fiscal Studies (2011)
15. The Impact of the UK New Deal for Lone Parents on Benefit Receipt
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (33)

2008

16. Heterogeneous Impacts in PROGRESA
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (89)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2008)

2007

17. Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article in Annals of Economics and Statistics (2008)

2006

18. Evaluating Search And Matching Models Using Experimental Data
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2005) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in IZA Journal of Labor Economics (2015)

2005

19. Equilibrium Policy Experiments And The Evaluation Of Social Programs
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (58)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (76)
    University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) (2003) View citations (12)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (9)
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University (2003) View citations (9)

2003

20. Does Matching Overcome Lalonde's Critique of Nonexperimental Estimators?
    University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) View citations (101)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2005)
21. How Robust is the Evidence on the Effects of College Quality? Evidence From Matching
    University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2004)
22. The Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Evidence from a Prototypical Job Training Program
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (15)
    University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) (2003) View citations (19)
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2003) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2004)
23. What is the Value Added by Caseworkers?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (15)
    Also in University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) (2003) View citations (9)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (9)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2003, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2003) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2007)

2002

24. 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 (18)
25. The Determinants of Participation in Adult Education and Training in Canada
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
26. The Performance of Performance Standards
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2002) View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2002)

2000

27. A Critical Survey of Empirical Methods for Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (96)
    See also Journal Article in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) (2000)
28. Evaluating Profiling as a Means of Allocating Government Services
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (39)
29. 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 (8)
    Also in University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics (1999) View citations (14)

1999

30. Stochastic Threshold Models on Interest Rate
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (18)
31. 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 (212)

1998

32. Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1234)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1998)
33. Evaluating the Welfare State
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (118)
34. Substitution and Dropout Bias in Social Experiments: A Study of an Influential Social Experiment
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)
35. Taxes and Marriage: A Two-Sided Search Analysis
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (11)

1997

36. College Quality and the Wages of Young Men
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (27)
37. Employment Occupational Structure, Technological Capital and Reorganization of Production
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (10)
38. The Sensitivity of Experimental Impact Estimates: Evidence from the National JTPA Study
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Chapter (2000)

1996

39. 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 (63)

1995

40. Ashenfelter's Dip and the Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Implications for Simple Program Evaluation Strategies
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (3)

1994

41. Accounting for Dropouts in Evaluations of Social Experiments
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    Also in University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center (1994) View citations (6)
42. 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 (4)

1993

43. 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

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

1975

45. An Austrian Proof of Quasi-Concave Preferences
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

Undated

46. Standards for Regression Discontinuity Designs
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (3)
47. The Effect of Vocational Rehabilitation on the Employment Outcomes of Disability Insurance Beneficiaries: New Evidence from Canada
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in IZA Journal of Labor Policy (2014)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
   Evaluation Review, 2022, 46, (5), 652-677
   See also Working Paper (2022)

2021

2. DO REEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED WORK FOR YOUTH? EVIDENCE FROM THE GREAT RECESSION IN THE UNITED STATES
   Economic Inquiry, 2021, 59, (1), 162-185
   See also Working Paper (2020)
3. Workforce Entry Including Career and Technical Education and Training
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2021, 695, (1), 260-274

2020

4. Immunization strategies in networks with missing data
   PLOS Computational Biology, 2020, 16, (7), 1-21 View citations (2)
5. The Consequences of Academic Match between Students and Colleges
   Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55, (3), 767-808 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper (2018)

2018

6. The usefulness of experiments
   IZA World of Labor, 2018, 436 View citations (1)
7. Tobacco Regulation and Cost-Benefit Analysis: How Should We Value Foregone Consumer Surplus?
   American Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 4, (1), 1-25 View citations (5)
   Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 4, (1), 1-25 (2018) View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2017

8. Determinants of the Match between Student Ability and College Quality
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35, (1), 45 - 66 View citations (71)
9. The Women of the National Supported Work Demonstration
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35, (S1), S65 - S97 View citations (8)

2016

10. Long‐Term Health Spending Persistence among the Privately Insured in the US
    Fiscal Studies, 2016, 37, 749-783 View citations (2)
11. Viewpoint: Estimating the causal effects of policies and programs
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2016, 49, (3), 871-905 View citations (2)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2016, 49, (3), 871-905 (2016) View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2016)

2015

12. Evaluating search and matching models using experimental data
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4, (1), 1-35 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2014

13. The effect of vocational rehabilitation on the employment outcomes of disability insurance beneficiaries: new evidence from Canada
    IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2014, 3, (1), 1-29 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper

2013

14. Estimation of treatment effects: recent developments and applications
    Empirical Economics, 2013, 44, (1), 1-11 View citations (2)

2011

15. On Educational Performance Measures
    Fiscal Studies, 2011, 32, (2), 187-206 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2008

16. Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2008, (91-92), 189-216 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
17. Heterogeneous impacts in PROGRESA
    Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 145, (1-2), 64-80 View citations (90)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

18. 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 (16)
    See also Chapter (2008)
19. Evaluating the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System Using a Regression Discontinuity Approach
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 104-107 View citations (27)
20. What is the value added by caseworkers?
    Labour Economics, 2007, 14, (2), 135-151 View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2006

21. Estimating the Returns to College Quality with Multiple Proxies for Quality
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (3), 701-728 View citations (184)

2005

22. College Quality and Wages in the United States
    German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (3), 415-443 View citations (23)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (3), 415-443 (2005) View citations (25)
23. Does matching overcome LaLonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators?
    Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125, (1-2), 305-353 View citations (1384)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
24. Rejoinder
    Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125, (1-2), 365-375 View citations (53)

2004

25. 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 (352)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
26. 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 (79)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

27. 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 (337)

2002

28. Introduction
    Labour Economics, 2002, 9, (2), 137-141
29. The Performance of Performance Standards
    Journal of Human Resources, 2002, 37, (4), 778-811 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

30. Reconciling Conflicting Evidence on the Performance of Propensity-Score Matching Methods
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 112-118 View citations (120)

2000

31. 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 (109)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
32. 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
33. 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 (150)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1999

34. Estimates of Effective Guarantees and Tax Rates in the AFDC Program for the Post-OBRA Period
    Journal of Human Resources, 1999, 34, (2), 312-345 View citations (12)
35. 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 (192)

1998

36. Accounting For Dropouts In Evaluations Of Social Programs
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 80, (1), 1-14 View citations (61)
37. Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data
    Econometrica, 1998, 66, (5), 1017-1098 View citations (1270)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1997

38. Assessing the Performance of Performance Standards in Public Bureaucracies
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 389-95 View citations (46)
39. How much is your vote worth? The unfairness of campaign spending limits
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1997, 16, (1), 162-165
40. 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 (461)

1995

41. Assessing the Case for Social Experiments
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (2), 85-110 View citations (344)

1994

42. A Simulation Estimator for Dynamic Models of Discrete Choice
    Review of Economic Studies, 1994, 61, (2), 265-289 View citations (119)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

Books

2021

1. Are Participants Good Evaluators?
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (1)

Edited books

2011

1. The Performance of Performance Standards
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (18)

Chapters

2016

1. Government-Sponsored Vocational Education for Adults
   Elsevier View citations (18)

2015

2. Employment and Training Programs
   A chapter in Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume 2, 2015, pp 127-234 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2008

3. Evaluating multi-treatment programs: theory and evidence from the U.S. Job Training Partnership Act experiment
   Springer
   See also Journal Article in Empirical Economics (2007)

2000

4. 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 (10)
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1999

5. 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 (1274)