James J. Heckman
The University of Chicago
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Election Year: 1992 Primary Section: 54, Economic Sciences Secondary Section: 53, Social and Political Sciences Membership Type: Member |
Research Interests
I am interested in the evaluation of social programs (especially education, job training and skill acquisition); cost/benefit analysis; analysis of counterfactuals; racial discrimination and black economic progress; statistical methodology -- clinical trials; randomization and social experiments; economic and social history; female labor supply; econometric theory; economic theory; and demography.
