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Institute for the Study of Labor

NonprofitBonn, Germany
About: Institute for the Study of Labor is a nonprofit organization based out in Bonn, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Wage & Unemployment. The organization has 2039 authors who have published 13475 publications receiving 439376 citations.
Topics: Wage, Unemployment, Earnings, Population, Productivity


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TL;DR: Dehejia and Wahba as discussed by the authors applied cross-sectional and longitudinal propensity score matching estimators to data from the National Supported Work Demonstration that have been previously analyzed by LaLonde (1986) and Dehemjia-Wahba (1998, 1999) and found that the difference-in-differences matching estimator is the most robust.
Abstract: This paper applies recently developed cross-sectional and longitudinal propensity score matching estimators to data from the National Supported Work Demonstration that have been previously analyzed by LaLonde (1986) and Dehejia and Wahba (1998,1999). We find little support for recent claims in the econometrics and statistics literatures that traditional, cross-sectional matching estimators generally provide a reliable method of evaluating social experiments (e.g. Dehejia and Wahba, 1998, 1999). Our results show that program impact estimates generated through propensity score matching are highly sensitive to choice of variables used in estimating the propensity scores and sensitive to the choice of analysis sample. Among the estimators we study, the difference-in-differences matching estimator is the most robust. We attribute its better performance to the fact that it eliminates temporarily - invariant sources of bias that may arise, for example, when program participants and nonparticipants are geographically mismatched or from differences in survey questionnaires, which are both common sources of biases in evaluation studies.

415 citations

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TL;DR: The possible importance of cyclical variations in the time costs of medical care or healthy lifestyles and of negative health effects of job-holding are suggested.
Abstract: This study examines the relationship between economic conditions and health. Fixed-effect models are estimated using state level data for the 1972-1991 time period. Health is proxied by total and age- specific mortality rates, as well as by 10 particular causes of death. Total mortality and nine of the ten sources of fatalities exhibit a procyclical variation, with suicides representing the important exception. The fluctuations in mortality are larger for 20-44 year olds than for older individuals. The predicted relationship between personal incomes and health is quite weak and is sensitive to the choice of model specifications, time periods and dependent variables. These findings suggest the possible importance of cyclical variations in the time costs of medical care or healthy lifestyles and of negative health effects of job-holding.

413 citations

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TL;DR: A survey of the economics literature on overeducation can be found in this article, where the authors discuss measurement and estimation issues and give an overview of the main empirical findings in this literature.
Abstract: This paper surveys the economics literature on overeducation. The original motivation to study this topic were reports that the strong increase in the number of college graduates in the early 1970s in the US led to a decrease in the returns to college education. We argue that Duncan and Hoffman's augmented wage equation the workhorse model in the overeducation literature in which wages are regressed on years of overschooling, years of required schooling and years of underschooling is at best loosely related to this original motivation. We discuss measurement and estimation issues and give an overview of the main empirical findings in this literature. Finally we given an appraisal of the economic lessons learned.

410 citations

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TL;DR: This paper examined the temperature-mortality relationship over the course of the 20th century US both for its own interest and to identify potentially useful adaptations for coming decades There are three primary findings First, the mortality impact of days with mean temperature exceeding 80° F declined by 75% Almost the entire decline occurred after 1960 Second, the diffusion of residential air conditioning (AC) explains essentially the entire drop in hot day related fatalities Third, using Dubin-McFadden's discrete-continuous model, the present value of US consumer surplus from the introduction of residential AC is estimated to be $85
Abstract: This paper examines the temperature-mortality relationship over the course of the 20th century US both for its own interest and to identify potentially useful adaptations for coming decades There are three primary findings First, the mortality impact of days with mean temperature exceeding 80° F declined by 75% Almost the entire decline occurred after 1960 Second, the diffusion of residential air conditioning (AC) explains essentially the entire decline in hot day related fatalities Third, using Dubin-McFadden’s discrete-continuous model, the present value of US consumer surplus from the introduction of residential AC is estimated to be $85 to $188 billion ($2012)

409 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore several possible explanations for the skill complementarity of broadband internet and find that broadband adoption in firms complements skilled workers in executing non-routine abstract tasks, and substitutes for unskilled workers in performing routine tasks.
Abstract: Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? Is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We combine several Norwegian data sets to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points and provides plausibly exogenous variation in the availability and adoption of broadband internet in firms. Our results suggest that broadband internet improves (worsens) the labor market outcomes and productivity of skilled (unskilled) workers. We explore several possible explanations for the skill complementarity of broadband internet. We find suggestive evidence that broadband adoption in firms complements skilled workers in executing nonroutine abstract tasks, and substitutes for unskilled workers in performing routine tasks. Taken together, our findings have important implications for the ongoing policy debate over government investment in broadband infrastructure to encourage productivity and wage growth.

404 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Michael Marmot1931147170338
James J. Heckman175766156816
Anders Björklund16576984268
Jean Tirole134439103279
Ernst Fehr131486108454
Matthew Jones125116196909
Alan B. Krueger11740275442
Eric A. Hanushek10944959705
David Card10743355797
M. Hashem Pesaran10236188826
Richard B. Freeman10086046932
Richard Blundell9348761730
John Haltiwanger9139338803
John A. List9158336962
Joshua D. Angrist8930459505
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202332
202283
2021146
2020259
2019191
2018229