Vortragsreihe 2012
Prof. Joseph Altonji: Dealing with Selection on Unobservables
April 23/24, 2012
Hertie School of Governance, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin (Room: Forum A).
The 2012 BeNA Lecture Series will be given by Joseph Altonji. Joseph Altonji is Thomas DeWitt Cuyler Professor of Economics at Yale University.
Prof. Altonji has published on a wide range of topics in top journals such as Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Labour Economics, and Journal of Human Resources. Since 2010 he is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The lectures will provide an in-depth insight into an econometric method developed to deal with selection bias on unobservables in the absence of good instruments. The key reference is J. Altonji, T. Elder, C. Taber (2005): “Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables: Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools”, JPE 113(1), pp. 151-184.
For more information see the flyer.
Das Titelbild ist ein Detail des zerstörten Freskos von Hugo Vogel (1894) und stammt aus dem virtuellen Museum des Archivs BILDER DER ARBEIT von Prof. Dr. Klaus Türk. Es stellt Arbeiter und die ihnen von der Göttin der Industrie übergebenen Werkzeuge dar.






