V. Joseph Hotz

V. JOSEPH HOTZ

    On Leave 2007-08 at:

Department of Economics
    Duke University
    Durham, NC 27708-0097
    Tel: (919) 660-1841
    Fax: (919) 684-8974
    Email: hotz@econ.duke.edu

Website: www.econ.duke.edu/~vjh3

    Professor
    Department of Economics
    UCLA
    Los Angeles, CA 90095
    Email: hotz@econ.ucla.edu

Current Positions and Affiliations
    Professor, Department of Economics, Duke University (www.econ.duke.edu)
    Professor, Department of Economics, UCLA (www.econ.ucla.edu)
    Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (www.nber.org)
    Research Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin (www.irp.wisc.edu)

Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (www.npc.umich.edu)

Research Interests
Labor Economics, Economic Demography, Evaluation of the Impact of Social Programs, and Applied Econometrics

Curriculum Vita
Papers Available Online
Classes Taught at UCLA
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Curriculum Vita

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Papers Available Online

“Dealing with Limited Overlap in Estimation of Average Treatment Effects,” (with R. Crump, G. Imbens and O. Mitnik), June 2007.

“Strategic Information Disclosure: The Case of Multi-Attribute Products with Heterogeneous Consumers,” (with M. Xiao), January 2007.

“Games Parents and Adolescents Play: Risky Behaviors, Parental Reputation, and Strategic Transfers ,” (with L. Hao and G. Z. Jin), forthcoming in the Economic Journal.

“Nonparametric Tests for Treatment Effect Heterogeneity,” (with R. Crump, G. Imbens and O. Mitnik), forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics.

(Additional Proofs)

“Examining the Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on the Labor Market Participation of Families on Welfare,” (with C. Mullin and J. K. Scholz), December 2005.

“The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Firm Entry, Exit, and Quality Choices: The Child Care Market,” (with M. Xiao) November 2005.

“Can Administrative Data on Child Support be Used to Improve the EITC? Evidence from Wisconsin,” (with J. K. Scholz) October 2005.

“Evaluating the Differential Effects of Alternative Welfare-to-Work Training Components: A Re-Analysis of the California GAIN Program ,” (with G. Imbens and J. Klerman), Journal of Labor Economics, 24(3), July 2006, 521-566. (Preprint version provided.)

(Unpublished Appendix and Extra Tables for "Evaluating the Differential Effects of Alternative Welfare-to-Work Training Components...")

“Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment,”(with S. McElroy and S. Sanders), Journal of Human Resources. 40(3), Summer 2005, 683-715. (Preprint version provided)

(Detailed Data Appendix to Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment)

“Trends in EITC Take-Up and Receipt for California's Welfare Population, 1992-1999,” (with C. Mullin and J. K. Scholz), August 2003.

“A Dynamic Model of Amniocentesis Choice ,” (with S. Sanders and E. Fajnzylber), May 2002.

“EITC Eligibility, Participation and Compliance Rates for AFDC Households: Evidence from the California Caseload,” (with C. Hill, C. Mullin and J. K. Scholz), April 1999.

Administrative Data for Policy-Relevant Research: Assessment of Current Utility and Recommendations for Development, A Report of the Advisory Panel on Research Uses of Administrative Data of the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research, V. Joseph Hotz, Robert Goerge, Julie Balzekas and Francis Margolin, editors, January 1998.