James J. Heckman

34.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
22 papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

James J. Heckman is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, James J. Heckman has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 3 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 3 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in James J. Heckman's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 papers) and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (3 papers). James J. Heckman is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 papers) and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (3 papers). James J. Heckman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. James J. Heckman's co-authors include Yona Rubinstein, Bo E. Honoré, Peter Siegelman, Jeffrey A. Smith, Petra Todd, Carolyn J. Heinrich, Lance Lochner, Christopher J. Flinn, Pierre‐André Chiappori and Jean Pinquet and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Economic Review and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

James J. Heckman

22 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error

1979 20.8k citations James J. Heckman Econometrica profile →
The Importance of Noncognitive Skills: Lessons from the GED Testing Program

2001 931 citations James J. Heckman, Yona Rubinstein American Economic Review profile →
The Empirical Content of the Roy Model

1990 435 citations James J. Heckman, Bo E. Honoré Econometrica profile →
Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data

1985 357 citations James J. Heckman et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James J. Heckman United States	14	10.6k	6.2k	4.8k	3.8k	2.8k	22	23.7k
George A. Akerlof United States	43	14.7k 1.4×	6.0k 1.0×	6.9k 1.4×	3.9k 1.0×	4.2k 1.5×	99	31.2k
Sendhil Mullainathan United States	69	12.7k 1.2×	9.5k 1.5×	9.1k 1.9×	3.4k 0.9×	4.4k 1.6×	173	37.9k
Jerry A. Hausman United States	54	20.6k 2.0×	5.7k 0.9×	4.1k 0.8×	4.9k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	170	34.3k
Esther Duflo United States	67	13.8k 1.3×	4.8k 0.8×	7.2k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	153	31.3k
Guido W. Imbens United States	60	14.5k 1.4×	3.4k 0.6×	6.1k 1.3×	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.8×	164	36.1k
Marianne Bertrand United States	48	6.6k 0.6×	6.6k 1.1×	5.7k 1.2×	2.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	100	18.1k
Abhijit Banerjee United States	70	11.8k 1.1×	3.5k 0.6×	6.3k 1.3×	1.2k 0.3×	3.3k 1.2×	204	23.5k
Alan S. Blinder United States	47	10.0k 0.9×	4.6k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	4.3k 1.5×	170	17.0k
Joshua D. Angrist United States	60	13.8k 1.3×	3.6k 0.6×	9.2k 1.9×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	165	36.4k
G. S. Maddala United States	36	13.4k 1.3×	3.0k 0.5×	2.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	3.3k 1.2×	91	22.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James J. Heckman

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Heckman, James J., et al.. (2017). The Non-Market Benefits of Education and Ability. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Heckman, James J.. (2010). Building Bridges between Structural and Program Evaluation Approaches to Evaluating Policy. Journal of Economic Literature. 48(2). 356–398. 227 indexed citations

Heckman, James J., Lance Lochner, & Petra Todd. (2008). Earnings Functions and Rates of Return. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

Heckman, James J.. (2007). The Economics, Technology and Neuroscience of Human Capability Formation. NBER Working Paper No. 13195.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 13 indexed citations

Heckman, James J.. (2004). Micro Data, Heterogeneity and the Evaluation of Public Policy Part 1. The American Economist. 48(2). 3–25. 5 indexed citations

Heckman, James J. & Jeffrey A. Smith. (2004). The Determinants of Participation in a Social Program: Evidence from a Prototypical Job Training Program. Journal of Labor Economics. 22(2). 243–298. 119 indexed citations

Heckman, James J., Lance Lochner, & Petra Todd. (2003). Fifty Years of Mincer Earnings Regressions. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations

Heckman, James J., et al.. (2003). Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Insurance: Can Dynamic Data Help to Distinguish?. Journal of the European Economic Association. 1(2-3). 512–521. 110 indexed citations

Heckman, James J., et al.. (2002). The Performance of Performance Standards. The Journal of Human Resources. 37(4). 778–778. 133 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J. & Yona Rubinstein. (2001). The Importance of Noncognitive Skills: Lessons from the GED Testing Program. American Economic Review. 91(2). 145–149. 931 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heckman, James J. & Edward E. Leamer. (2001). Handbook of Econometrics Volume 5. 36 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J., Hidehiko Ichimura, & Petra Todd. (1998). Matching as an econometric estimator. The Review of Economic Studies. 22 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J. & Hidehiko Ichimura. (1997). Matching as an econometric evaluation estimator: Evidence from evaluating a job training. The Review of Economic Studies. 64(221). 605–654. 8 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J. & Peter Siegelman. (1993). The Urban Institute Audit Studies: Their Methods and Findings. 211 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J. & Bo E. Honoré. (1990). The Empirical Content of the Roy Model. Econometrica. 58(5). 1121–1121. 435 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heckman, James J., et al.. (1990). Testing the Mixture of Exponentials Hypothesis and Estimating the Mixing Distribution by the Methods of Moments. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 85(410). 582–582. 12 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J., et al.. (1985). Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Data. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Flinn, Christopher J. & James J. Heckman. (1982). New Methods for Analyzing Individual Event Histories. Sociological Methodology. 13. 99–99. 65 indexed citations

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Heckman, James J.. (1979). Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error. Econometrica. 47(1). 153–153. 20836 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heckman, James J. & Kenneth I. Wolpin. (1976). Does the Contract Compliance Program Work? An Analysis of Chicago Data. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 29(4). 544–544. 14 indexed citations

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