What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Statistics
- Law
- World War II
His scientific interests lie mostly in Econometrics, Labour economics, Earnings, Human capital and Economic growth.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Matching, Statistics, Selection bias and Estimator in addition to Econometrics.
His research in Selection bias tackles topics such as Program evaluation which are related to areas like Actuarial science.
His studies deal with areas such as Empirical evidence, Wage, Rate of return, Variety and Consumption as well as Earnings.
James J. Heckman combines subjects such as Positive economics, Demographic economics, Investment and Child development with his study of Human capital.
His Economic growth research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Big Five personality traits and Social experiment.
His most cited work include:
- Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error (19925 citations)
- The Common Structure of Statistical Models of Truncation, Sample Selection and Limited Dependent Variables and a Simple Estimator for Such Models (4027 citations)
- Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence from Evaluating a Job Training Programme (3627 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Econometrics, Labour economics, Earnings, Human capital and Disadvantaged.
His Econometrics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Estimator, Statistics and Identification.
Estimator and Matching are frequently intertwined in his study.
Specifically, his work in Labour economics is concerned with the study of Wage.
His work carried out in the field of Earnings brings together such families of science as Demographic economics and Rate of return.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including General equilibrium theory and Investment.
He most often published in these fields:
- Econometrics (35.06%)
- Labour economics (12.85%)
- Earnings (11.84%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?
- Developmental psychology (8.00%)
- Econometrics (35.06%)
- Disadvantaged (7.67%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Developmental psychology, Econometrics, Disadvantaged, Human capital and Labour economics.
His Developmental psychology study incorporates themes from Big Five personality traits, Personality and Externality.
His research on Econometrics focuses in particular on Discrete choice.
James J. Heckman combines subjects such as Random assignment, Economic model, Early childhood and Early childhood education with his study of Disadvantaged.
His research investigates the connection between Human capital and topics such as Educational attainment that intersect with problems in Consumption, Student loan and Natural borrowing limit.
His Labour economics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social mobility and Investment.
Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health (511 citations)
- Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health (511 citations)
- Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health (511 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Statistics
- Law
- World War II
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Econometrics, Developmental psychology, Early childhood, Disadvantaged and Discrete choice.
His work on Factor analysis as part of general Econometrics study is frequently linked to Dynamic programming model, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His Factor analysis research includes elements of Matching, Instrumental variable, Estimator, Conditional independence and Decision problem.
The various areas that James J. Heckman examines in his Developmental psychology study include Personality and Scope.
James J. Heckman has included themes like Health equity, Life expectancy, Demography and Treatment and control groups in his Early childhood study.
His Disadvantaged research incorporates elements of Social policy, Economic model, Disadvantage, Labour economics and Social issues.
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