Search Results - "Ham, John C."

Government programs can improve local labor markets: Evidence from State Enterprise Zones, Federal Empowerment Zones and Federal Enterprise Community by Ham, John C., Swenson, Charles, İmrohoroğlu, Ayşe, Song, Heonjae

“…Federal and state governments spend well over a billion dollars a year on programs that encourage employment development in disadvantaged labor markets through…”
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Matching and semi-parametric IV estimation, a distance-based measure of migration, and the wages of young men by Ham, John C., Li, Xianghong, Reagan, Patricia B.

“…Our paper estimates the effect of US internal migration on wage growth for young men between their first and second job. Our analysis of migration extends…”
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Health outcomes, personality traits and eating disorders by Ham, John C, Iorio, Daniela, Sovinsky, Michelle

“…SUMMARY Bulimia nervosa (BN) is a detrimental persistent eating disorder that impacts millions of women, and imposes serious costs on the economy in terms of…”
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Selection Bias, Demographic Effects, and Ability Effects in Common Value Auction Experiments by Casari, Marco, Ham, John C., Kagel, John H.

“…Inexperienced women, along with economics and business majors, are much more susceptible to the winner's curse, as are subjects with lower SAT/ACT scores…”
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Disparities in Bulimia Nervosa: Who is left behind? by Ham, John C., Iorio, Daniela, Sovinsky, Michelle

“…Bulimia nervosa is a serious eating disorder affecting a large number of female teenagers. We find substantial income and racial disparities in the treatment…”
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The Employment Dynamics of Disadvantaged Women: Evidence from the SIPP by Ham, John C., Li, Xianghong, Shore-Sheppard, Lara D.

“…Understanding the employment dynamics of disadvantaged families is increasingly important. We estimate duration models describing these dynamics for…”
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The determinants of bargaining power in an empirical model of transfers between adult children, parents, and in-laws for South Korea by Ham, John C., Song, Heonjae

“…We derive a bargaining model of transfers between adult children and their parents, and then estimate the model using data from South Korea. Our analysis…”
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Testing Intertemporal Substitution, Implicit Contracts, and Hours Restriction Models of the Labor Market Using Micro Data by Ham, John C., Reilly, Kevin T.

“…We present new tests of three theories of the labor market: intertemporal substitution, hours restrictions, and implicit contracts. The intertemporal…”
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The Effect of Sample Selection and Initial Conditions in Duration Models: Evidence from Experimental Data on Training by Ham, John C., Lalonde, Robert J.

“…We investigate the separate effects of a training program on the duration of participants' subsequent employment and unemployment spells. This program randomly…”
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Estimating (easily interpreted) dynamic training effects from experimental data by Ba, Bocar A, Ham, John C, LaLonde, Robert J, Li, Xianghong

“…We estimate the effect of endogenous training participation on transitions in and out of employment for disadvantaged women in the Job Training Partnership Act…”
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The role of cognitive ability and personality traits for men and women in gift exchange outcomes by Filiz-Ozbay, Emel, Ham, John C., Kagel, John H., Ozbay, Erkut Y.

“…We examine the role of cognitive ability and personality traits in a gift exchange experiment. Controlling for cognitive ability and personality…”
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Instrumental variables estimation of a simple dynamic model of bidding behavior in private value auctions by Ham, John C., Lehrer, Steven F.

“…We provide the first, in experimental economics, consistent estimates of a dynamic learning model with a continuous outcome. The econometric approach we…”
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The Hausman test and weak instruments by Hahn, Jinyong, Ham, John C., Moon, Hyungsik Roger

“…We consider the following problem. There is a structural equation of interest that contains an explanatory variable that theory predicts is endogenous. There…”
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Estimating Heterogeneous Takeup and Crowd-Out Responses to Existing Medicaid Income Limits and their Nonmarginal Expansions by Ham, John C., Ozbeklik, Serkan, Shore-Sheppard, Lara D.

“…We use a switching probit model and the income-limit-based structure of Medicaid eligibility for children to estimate treatment effects of nonmarginal Medicaid…”
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Caught in the Bulimic Trap? Persistence and State Dependence of Bulimia Among Young Women by Ham, John C., lorio, Daniela, Sovinsky, Michelle

“…Bulimia nervosa (BN) is a growing health concern and its consequences are especially serious given the compulsive nature of the disorder. However, little is…”
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The Impact of Being Offered and Receiving Classroom Training on the Employment Histories of Disadvantaged Women: Evidence from Experimental Data by Eberwein, Curtis, Ham, John C., Lalonde, Robert J.

“…We address two questions using experimental data on disadvantaged women. First, what is the impact of being offered JTPA classroom training on the duration of…”
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IMPLICIT CONTRACTS, LIFE CYCLE LABOR SUPPLY, AND INTERTEMPORAL SUBSTITUTION by HAM, JOHN C., REILLY, KEVIN T.

“…The implicit contract model is a serious alternative to the spot market interpretation of the labor market. However, its usefulness has been limited because…”
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The effect of Medicaid expansions for low-income children on Medicaid participation and private insurance coverage: evidence from the SIPP by Ham, John C., Shore-Sheppard, Lara

“…We examine Medicaid enrollment and private coverage loss following expansions of Medicaid eligibility. We attempt to replicate Cutler and Gruber's [Q. J. Econ…”
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Public Policy and the Dynamics of Children's Health Insurance, 1986-1999 by Ham, John C., Li, Xianghong, Shore-Sheppard, Lara D.

“…The past 20 years have seen important changes in public policy with the potential for significant impacts on health insurance for children. These changes…”
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Gender effects in private value auctions by Ham, John C., Kagel, John H.

“…In a two-stage auction, women are significantly more likely to go bankrupt than men, bidding more aggressively than the men in both phases of the auction…”
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