James Heckman’s Contributions to Economics and Econometrics

Published on 15 June 2001

A consideration of the contributions of James Heckman to the field of econometrics and economics.

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9442.00239/full 

Heckman's contributions to economics and econometrics are extensive and span nearly three decades. They continue to proceed apace, stretching the boundary between econometric theory and policy evaluation, between microconometrics and microeconomics and between statistics and econometrics.

Authors

Richard Blundell
Richard Blundell

CPP Co-Director

Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.

Journal article details

DOI
10.1111/1467-9442.00239
Publisher
Wiley
Issue
Volume 103, Issue 2, June 2001

Suggested citation

Blundell, R. (2001). 'James Heckman’s Contributions to Economics and Econometrics' 103, Issue 2(2001)

Grant

Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), 2015-2020

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