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105: Time-Utilization of a Population of General Practitioners in a Prepaid Group Practice

Richard N. Watkins, Edward F. X. Hughes and Eugene M. Lewit

104: Education: Consumption or Production

Edward Lazear

103: Rosepack Document 1: Guidelines for Writing Semi-portable Fortran

Neil Kaden and Virginia Klema

102: Education and Screening

Kenneth Wolpin

101: Innovation and Foreign Investment Behavior of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry

Benjamin I. Cohen, Jorge Katz and William T. Beck

100: Finding a Dual Feasible Solution to an LP with M Equalities in (l&M) Dual Iterations

Vinay Dharmadhikari

99: The Earnings of Scientists, 1960-1970: Experience, Age and Vintage Effects

Yoram Weiss

98: The Demand for Nursing Home Care: An Analysis of the Substitution Between Institutional and Noninstitutional Care

Barry Chiswick

97: Human Wealth and Human Capital

Edward Lazear

96: Specification Errors in Limited Dependent Variable Models

G.S. Maddala and Forrest D. Nelson

95: Qualitative Information, Reputation, and Monopolistic Competition

Michael Darby and John R. Lott, Jr.

94: Decision-Stage Method: Convergence Proof, Special Application, and Computation Experience

Vinay Dharmadhikari

93: Rational Expectations and the Dynamic Structure of Macroeconomic Models:A Critical Review

Robert Shiller

92: Schooling as a Wage Depressant

Edward Lazear

91: Autoregressive Spectrum Estimation Technique Allied to Quarterly Consumer Durables Expenditure Data

Warren G. Lavey

90: The Maximum Likelihood Stage Least Squares Estimator in the Nonlinear Simultaneous Equations Model

Takeshi Amemiya

89: Alternative Prior Representations of Smoothness for Distributed Lag Estimation

Robert Shiller

88: Three-And-A-Half Million U.S. Employees Have Been Mislaid: Or, An Explanation of Unemployment, 1934-1941

Michael Darby

87: Exports and Foreign Investment in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Robert Lipsey and Merle Yahr Weiss

86: The Use of the Box Step Method in Discrete Optimization

Roy E. Marsten

85: On the Identification of Time Varying Structures

Thomas Cooley and Kent D. Wall

84: A Comparison of Two Simple Methods for Obtaining Robust Confidence Intervals

Richard W. Hill

83: Robust Line Estimation With Errors in Both Variables

Michael L. Brown

82: Certain Aspects of Generalized Box-Jenkins Models

Richard W. Hill

81: The Parental Bequest to Children

Arleen Leibowitz

80: Inequality: Earnings vs. Human Wealth

Lee Lillard

79: The Consumer Expenditure Function

Michael Darby

78: Tables of Sample Size For the F-Test in One Way Analysis of Variance Designs

Richard W. Hill

77: FIML Estimation of Rational Distributed Lag Structural Form Models

Kent D. Wall

76: Robust Non-Linear Regression Using The Dogleg Algorithm

Roy E. Welsch and Richard A. Becker

75: Implementing and Documenting Random Number Generators

David C. Hoaglin

74: Variation Across Household in the Rate of Inflation

Robert T. Michael

73: The Role of Physicians in the Production of Hospital Output

Mark Pauly and Mark A. Satterthwaite

72: The Goodness of Match

Edward Wolff

71: On the Theory of Productive Saving

Isaac Ehrlich and Uri Ben-Zion

70: Analysis of Qualitative Variables

G.S. Maddala and Forrest D. Nelson

69: Ridge Estimators for Distributed Lag Models

G.S. Maddala

68: On a General Computer Algorithm for the Analysis of Models with Limited Dependent Variables

Forrest D. Nelson

67: Human Capital and Labor Supply: A Synthesis

Alan Blinder and Yoram Weiss

66: Detecting and Assessing the Problems Caused by Multi-Collinearity: A Useof the Singular-Value Decomposition

David Belsley and Virginia Klema

65: Rational Distributed Lag Structural Form--A General Econometric Model

Kent D. Wall

64: Data Analysis, Communication, and Control

Roy E. Welsch

63: Censored Regression Models with Unobserved Stochastic Censoring Thresholds

Forrest D. Nelson

62: The Private Enforcement of Law

William Landes and Richard Posner

61: Factoring LP Block-Angular Bases

William Orchard-Hays

60: The Variances of Regression Coefficient Estimates Using Aggregate Data

Roy E. Welsch and Edwin Kuh

59: An Analysis of Firm Demand for Protection Against Crime

Ann P. Bartel

58: A Monte Carlo Study of Two Robust Alternatives of Least Square Regression Estimation

Richard W. Hill and Paul W. Holland

57: Varying-Parameter Supply Functions and the Sources of Economic Distress in American Agriculture, 1866-1914

Thomas Cooley and Stephen DeCanio

56: Comparison of Robust and Varying Parameter Estimates of a Macroeconometric Model

Thomas Cooley

55: Social Costs of Monopoly and Regulation

Richard Posner

54: Bilateral Trade as a Development Instrument Under Global Trade Restrictions

Karim Nashashibi

53: Progress in Human Capital Analysis of the Distribution of Earnings

Jacob Mincer

52: Transportation/Communication Considerations in the Location of Headquarters for Multi-Establishment Manufacturing Firms

Warren G. Lavey

51: Age, Experience and Wage Growth

Edward Lazear

50: Measuring the Effect of an Anti-Discrimination Program

Orley Ashenfelter and James Heckman

49: Years and Intensity of Schooling Investing

Arleen Leibowitz

48: Protection and Competitiveness in Egyptian Agriculture and Industry

Bent Hansen and Karim Nashashibi

47: The Distribution of Earnings and Human Wealth in Cycle Context

Lee Lillard

46: The Singular Value Analysis in Matrix Computation

Richard A. Becker, Neil Kaden and Virginia Klema

45: The Incubator Hypothesis: Evidence from Five Cities

Robert A. Leone and Raymond Struyk

44: The Statistical Analysis of Local Structure in Social Networks

Paul W. Holland and Samuel Leinhardt

43: Graphics for Data Analysis

Roy E. Welsch

42: A Theory of Social Interactions

Gary Becker

41: Theories of Economic Regulation

Richard Posner

40: Legality and Reality: Some Evidence on Criminal Procedure

William Landes

39: Unemployment Effects of Minimum Wages

Jacob Mincer

38: A General Algorithm for Simultaneous Estimation of Constant and Randomly-Varying Parameters in Lineal Relations

Alexander H. Sarris

37: Interpreting Spectral Analyses in Terms of Time-Domain Models

Robert Engle

36: Economic Theories of Fertility: What do They Explain?

Warren Sanderson

35: Changes in the Recession Behavior of Wholesale Prices: The 1920s and Post World War II

Phillip Cagan

34: Estimation of a Stochastic Model of Reproduction: An Econometric Approach

James Heckman and Robert Willis

33: Inflation and Market Structure 1967-1973

Phillip Cagan

32: Operational Time and Seasonality in Distributed Lag Estimation

Peter Clark

31: Price Expectations and Household's Demand for Financial Assets

Lester Taylor

30: The Timing and Spacing of Births and Women's Labor Force Participation: An Economic Analysis

Sue Goetz Ross

29: Male-Female Differences in Wages and Employment: A Specific Human Capital Model

Elisabeth M. Landes

28: The Wealth Effect in Occupational Choice

Yoram Weiss

27: Production Within the Household

Arleen Leibowitz

26: Migration Flows and Their Determinants: A Comparative Study of Internal Migration in Italy and the U.S.A

Swarnjit S. Arora

25: The Covariance Structure of Earnings and the On the Job Training Hypothesis

John C. Hause

24: Optimal Adaptive Control Methods for Structurally Varying Systems

Alexander H. Sarris and Michael Athans

23: What Happened During the Baby Boom? New Estimates of Age and Parity: Specific Birth Probabilities for American Women

Warren Sanderson

22: The Correlation Between Health and Schooling

Michael Grossman

21: Contraception and Fertility: Household Production Under Uncertainty

Robert T. Michael and Robert Willis

20: Short-Run and Long-Run Prospects for Female Earnings

Victor Fuchs

19: Utilization of Surgical Manpower in A Prepaid Group Practice

Edward F. X. Hughes, Eugene M. Lewit, Richard N. Watkins and Richard Handschin

18: The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: A Question of Life and Death

Isaac Ehrlich

17: Schooling, Ability, Non Pecuniary Rewards, Socioeconomic Background and the Lifetime Distribution of Earnings

Paul J. Taubman

16: Monte Carlo Techniques in Studying Robust Estimators

David C. Hoaglin

15: A Comparison of FIML and Robust Estimates of a Nonlinear Macroeconomic Model

Ray Fair

14: The Effects on Income of Type of College Attended

Lewis C. Solmon and Paul Wachtel

13: Wage Comparisons -A Selectivity Bias

Reuben Gronau

12: Citizen Rights and the Cost of Law Enforcement

Melvin Reder

11: Weighted Ridge Regression: Combining Ridge and Robust Regression Methods

Paul W. Holland

10: Monte Carlo for Robust Regression: The Swindle Unmasked

Paul W. Holland

9: From Age-Earnings Profiles to the Distribution of Earnings and Human Wealth

Lee Lillard

8: Multinational Firms and the Factor Intensity of Trade

Robert Lipsey and Merle Yahr Weiss

7: The Definition and Impact of College Quality

Lewis C. Solmon

6: A Review of Cyclical Indicators for the United States: Preliminary Results

Victor Zarnowitz

5: A Life Cycle Family Model

James Smith

4: Human Capital Life Cycle of Earnings Models: A Specific Solution and Estimation

Lee Lillard

3: Error Components Regression Models and Their Applications

Swarnjit S. Arora

2: Hospital Utilization: An Analysis of SMSA Differences in Hospital Admission Rates, Occupancy Rates and Bed Rates

Barry Chiswick

1: Education, Information, and Efficiency

Finis Welch