James J. Heckman

34.6k citations
22 papers · 23.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 14
Topics
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 papers)Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 papers)Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (3 papers)

In The Last Decade

James J. Heckman

22 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error197920261994201019792001199019855.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k

Peers

James J. Heckman
Comparison fields: 5 of 195
  • Economics and Econometrics 10.6k
  • Accounting 6.2k
  • Sociology and Political Science 4.8k
  • Strategy and Management 3.8k
  • Finance 2.8k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
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2 227
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4 114
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The Economics, Technology and Neuroscience of Human Capability Formation. NBER Working Paper No. 13195.
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6 5
7 119
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Fifty Years of Mincer Earnings Regressions
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9 133
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The Importance of Noncognitive Skills: Lessons from the GED Testing Programbreakdown →
931
11
Handbook of Econometrics Volume 5
36
12
Matching as an econometric estimator
22
13
Matching as an econometric evaluation estimator: Evidence from evaluating a job training
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14
The Urban Institute Audit Studies: Their Methods and Findings
211
15
The Empirical Content of the Roy Modelbreakdown →
435
16 12
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Longitudinal Analysis of Labor Market Databreakdown →
357
18 65
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Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Errorbreakdown →
20836
20 14

About James J. Heckman

James J. Heckman is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Accounting, having authored 22 papers that have together received 23.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this 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). The work is most often cited by research in Accounting (6.2k citations), Economics and Econometrics (10.6k citations) and Finance (2.8k citations). James J. Heckman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Economic Review and Econometrica.

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