Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data

by Edited by James J. Heckman , Burton S. Singer

• ISBN13: 9780521088183
• ISBN10: 0521088186
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data presents a set of papers by leading scholars on methods for analysing the longitudinal data that is available on numerous topics of interest to social scientists. Because many sources of longitudinal data record labour market phenomena such as unemployment, labour supply, earnings mobility, job turnover and participation in training programmes, all of the papers collected in this volume focus on models of the labour market. The main methodological points, however, are more general and apply to such diverse areas as demography, life science analysis and training evaluation, to name only a few, potential avenues of application. The book contains important methodological contributions to the emerging field of longitudinal analysis and is of interest to a wide range of social scientists.

Table of Contents

Econometric studies

Heterogeneity, omitted variable bias, and duration dependence

Social science duration analysis

Interpreting empirical models of labor supply in an intertemporal framework with uncertainty

Alternative methods for evaluating the impact of interventions

Statistical studies

Weighting, misclassification, and other issues in the analysis of survey samples of life histories

Statistical models for longitudinal labor market data based on counting processes Per

Assessing qualitative features of longitudinal data

Sociometric studies

Effects of labor market structure on job shift patterns

School enrollment, military enlistment, and the transition to work: implications for the age pattern of employment

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