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Overview

Kenneth I. Wolpin is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, including Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work extends into key subfields such as Statistics and Probability, Sociology and Political Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas, notably Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Income, Poverty, and Inequality, as well as Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth. These topics illustrate a focus on economic issues intertwined with rigorous statistical and social science methods.

Among recent publications, a notable paper is:

  • The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Randomized Controlled Trials with Structural Modeling, 2023, Journal of Economic Literature

This paper was published in the Journal of Economic Literature, which is also the primary venue for their publications.

Kenneth I. Wolpin has collaborated frequently with Petra Todd, who appears as a co-author on at least one publication.

Best Publications

  • On the Specification and Estimation of the Production Function for Cognitive Achievement

    Petra E. Todd;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • The Career Decisions of Young Men

    Michael P. Keane;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Credit Market Constraints, Consumption Smoothing and the Accumulation of Durable Production Assets in Low-Income Countries: Investments in Bullocks in India

    Mark R. Rosenzweig;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL TRANSFERS AND BORROWING CONSTRAINTS ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

    Michael P. Keane;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • The Production of Cognitive Achievement in Children: Home, School and Racial Test Score Gaps

    Petra E. Todd;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Testing the quantity-quality fertility model: the use of twins as a natural experiment.

    Mark R. Rosenzweig;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Natural "Natural Experiments" in Economics

    Mark R. Rosenzweig;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Why Youths Drop out of High School: The Impact of Preferences, Opportunities, and Abilities

    Zvi Eckstein;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • The solution and estimation of discrete choice dynamic programming models by simulation and interpolation: Monte Carlo evidence

    Michael Keane;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Assessing the Impact of a School Subsidy Program in Mexico: Using a Social Experiment to Validate a Dynamic Behavioral Model of Child Schooling and Fertility

    Petra E Todd;Kenneth I Wolpin

  • THE SOLUTION AND ESTIMATION OF DISCRETE CHOICE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MODELS BY SIMULATION AND INTERPOLATION: MONTE CARLO EVIDENCE

    Kenneth I. Wolpin;Michael P. Keane

  • Dynamic Labour Force Participation of Married Women and Endogenous Work Experience

    Zvi Eckstein;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Social Security and the Retirement and Savings Behavior of Low Income Households.

    Wilbert van der Klaauw;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Intersectoral Labor Mobility and the Growth of the Service Sector

    Donghoon Lee;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • An Estimable Dynamic Stochastic Model of Fertility and Child Mortality

    Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • The Specification and Estimation of Dynamic Stochastic Discrete Choice Models: A Survey

    Zvi Eckstein;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Life-Cycle Labor Supply and Fertility: Causal Inferences from Household Models

    Mark R. Rosenzweig;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Education and Screening

    Kenneth I Wolpin

  • Specific Experience, Household Structure, and Intergenerational Transfers: Farm Family Land and Labor Arrangements in Developing Countries

    Mark R. Rosenzweig;Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • Estimating a Structural Search Model: The Transition from School to Work

    Kenneth I. Wolpin

  • The Effect of Parental Transfers and Borrowing Constraints OnEducational Attainment

    Michael P. Keane;Michael P. Keane;Kenneth I. Wolpin

Frequent Co-Authors

Petra E. Todd
Petra E. Todd University of Pennsylvania
Michael Keane
Michael Keane Johns Hopkins University
Mark R. Rosenzweig
Mark R. Rosenzweig Yale University
Zvi Eckstein
Zvi Eckstein Reichman University
Antonio Merlo
Antonio Merlo Drexel University
Jere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania
Wilbert Van der Klaauw
Wilbert Van der Klaauw Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Frank Schorfheide
Frank Schorfheide University of Pennsylvania
W. Kip Viscusi
W. Kip Viscusi Vanderbilt University
Elke U. Weber
Elke U. Weber Princeton University

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