Journal of Human Resources articles from January 1998

Journal of Human Resources archives from January 1998

Estimation of semiparametric censored regression models: an application to changes in black-white earnings inequality during the 1960s.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction The evolution of the relative status of African-Americans in the U.S. labor market is a topic of considerable interest. Recently, the desirability and efficacy of using affirmative action and equal employment opportunity...

Bootstrap methods for covariance structures.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction Estimates of covariance structures are important in the analysis of a variety of economic processes. See, for example, Abowd and Card (1987, 1989), Behrman et al. (1994), Griliches (1979), and Hall and Mishkin (1982). Estimates...

Kernel regression in empirical microeconomics.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction The obsession with linearity in empirical economic analysis clearly does not stem from any strong prior of economic theory. To quote McFadden's 1985 presidential address to the Econometric Society: "[parametric regression]...

Recent advances in quantile regression models: a practical guideline for empirical research.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction The semi-parametric technique of quantile regression has recently received a lot of attention in both theoretical and empirical research. A number of papers suggest new estimators that deal with various extensions of the...

Estimating models with sample selection bias: a survey.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction The ability to estimate and test econometric models over nonrandomly chosen subsamples is unquestionably one of the more significant innovations in microeconometrics. Since James Heckman's seminal work on sample selection bias,...

The link between ability and specialization: an explanation for observed correlations between wages and mobility rates.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction Numerous empirical studies demonstrate that average wages and turnover rates are negatively correlated across types of employment. This correlation holds both across industries and across occupations within particular...

Unions, wages, and skills.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction The relationship between unionism, wages, and worker skills has been the focus of considerable research. A universal finding is that union-nonunion wage differentials are larger for lower-skilled than for higher-skilled...

Women helping women? Role model and mentoring effects on female Ph.D. students in economics.
January 1, 1998... I. Introduction Women in the economics profession are underrepresented at all academic levels, leave graduate programs at higher rates, and achieve tenure at lower rates than their male counterparts (Kahn 1995). This is despite the fact that...