The Economics and Econometrics of Self-Selection with Applications to the Evaluation of Government Training Programs and to Understanding Sectoral Wage Inequality

本研究的目的是评估 政府的培训计划，并分析 收入不平等的决定因素。 特别注意 在这项分析中的选择偏差，这项研究将制定一个 开发估算模型的理论基础， 考虑到这种偏见。 该研究将包括三个实证 利用这些模型进行研究。 第一个将使用最近 现有的实验和非实验数据，以评估 主要的联邦人力培训计划--工作的影响 《培训伙伴关系法》 本研究的目的是 确定符合条件的人对方案认识的决定因素 人口、申请、入学、安置的决定因素， 和长期的劳动成果。 本研究将 提出关于工作培训有效性的新见解 程序. 第二项研究将研究 在评估社会项目中的随机化。 第三个 部分将调查工资不平等的来源，利用新的 衡量不平等的方法。 这项研究很重要 因为它将开发新的方法来评估社会项目， 它将为收入问题提供新的见解 不平等

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effects of government training program on trainees and to analyze the determinants of income inequality . Special attention is paid to selection bias in this analysis, and the study will develop a theoretical foundation for developing estimating models that take into account this bias. The research will include three empirical studies utilizing these models. The first will use recently available experimental and non-experimental data to evaluate the impacts of the leading Federal manpower training program--the Job Training Partnership Act. The objective of this study is to ascertain the determinants of program awareness among the eligible population, the determinants of application, enrollment, placement, and long-run labor outcomes of the program. This study will present new insights about the effectiveness of the job training program. The second study will examine the effects of randomization in evaluating social programs. Finally, the third part will investigate the sources of wage inequality utilizing new methods for measuring inequality. This research is important because it will develop new methods for evaluating social programs, and it will provide new insights about the problem of income inequality.