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James R. Walker
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 32
Citations - 2063
James R. Walker is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Econometric model. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 30 publications receiving 1939 citations. Previous affiliations of James R. Walker include National Bureau of Economic Research.
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The relationship between wages and income and the timing and spacing of births: evidence from Swedish longitudinal data.
James J. Heckman,James R. Walker +1 more
TL;DR: The main objective of this paper is to determine which aspects of life cycle fertility, if any, are sensitive to male income and female wages.
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The effect of expected income on individual migration decisions
John Kennan,James R. Walker +1 more
TL;DR: This article developed a tractable econometric model of optimal migration, focusing on expected income as the main economic influence on migration and found that the link between income and migration decisions is driven both by geographic differences in mean wages and by a tendency to move in search of a better locational match when the income realization in the current location is unfavorable.
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Semiparametric Estimation of Selection Models: Some Empirical Results
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used semiparametric methods to reanalyze data on the labor supply of married women first studied by Thomas Mroz (1987) using parametric methods.
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The Effect of Expected Income on Individual Migration Decisions
TL;DR: This paper developed a tractable econometric model of optimal migration, focusing on expected income as the main economic influence on migration and found that the link between income and migration decisions is driven both by geographic differences in mean wages and by a tendency to move in search of a better locational match when the income realization in the current location is unfavorable.