Francis Vella

Georgetown University

Professor

Washington, DC 20057

United States

http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/fgv/

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 7 / 9

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

30

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Scholarly Papers (30)

1.

The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes and its Implications for Female Labor Force Participation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2802
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Jun 2007
Lidia Farré, Lidia Farré and Francis Vella
Universidad de AlicanteSpanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) - Institute for Economic Analysis and Georgetown University
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intergenerational cultural transmission, gender role attitudes, female labor force participation

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Bias Corrections for Two-Step Fixed Effects Panel Data Estimators

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2690
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Apr 2007
Iván Fernández‐Val and Francis Vella
Boston University - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
Downloads 284 (228,744)
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panel data, two-step estimation, endogenous regressors, fixed effects, bias, union premium

Estimating Dynamic Models from Repeated Cross-Sections

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Sep 2004
Marno Verbeek and Francis Vella
Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management and Georgetown University
Downloads 277 (233,953)
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Repeated cross-sections, pseudo panel, cohorts, IV

Estimating Dynamic Models from Repeated Cross-Sections

Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 127, No. 1, pp. 83-102, July 2005
Posted: 03 Jan 2006
Marno Verbeek and Francis Vella
Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management and Georgetown University

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repeated cross-sections, pseudo panel data, cohort data, instrumental variables

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Immigrant Networks and Their Implications for Occupational Choice and Wages

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3217
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Krishna Patel and Francis Vella
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Georgetown University
Downloads 188 (341,684)
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occupational choice, immigrants, network effects, earnings

Occupational Mobility and the Business Cycle

IZA Working Paper No. 3369
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 May 2008
Yale University - Department of EconomicsCowles Foundation for Research in Economics and Georgetown University
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occupational mobility, business cycle, synthetic cohorts

Occupational Mobility and the Business Cycle

NBER Working Paper No. w13819
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2022
Yale University - Department of EconomicsCowles Foundation for Research in Economics and Georgetown University
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A Parametric Control Function Approach to Estimating the Returns to Schooling in the Absence of Exclusion Restrictions: An Application to the Nlsy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4935
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jun 2010
Universidad de AlicanteSpanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) - Institute for Economic Analysis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
Downloads 144 (429,771)
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return to education, heteroskedasticity, endogeneity

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Aggregate Worker Reallocation and Occupational Mobility in the United States: 1971-2000

The Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper No. 02/18
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Mar 2003
Yale University - Department of EconomicsCowles Foundation for Research in Economics and Georgetown University
Downloads 141 (437,074)
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Employment Reallocation, Occupational Mobility, Synthetic Panel

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A Semiparametric Model for Binary Response and Continuous Outcomes Under Index Heteroscedasticity

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2383
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 01 Nov 2006
Roger W. Klein and Francis Vella
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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binary response, semiparametric, heteroscedasticity, endogenous treatment

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Semiparametric Selection Models with Binary Outcomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6008
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Oct 2011
Roger W. Klein, Chan Shen and Francis Vella
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics, Georgetown University and Georgetown University
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sample selection, binary outcomes, marginal effects, semiparametric

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Estimating a Class of Triangular Simultaneous Equations Models Without Exclusion Restrictions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2378
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 31 Oct 2006
Roger W. Klein and Francis Vella
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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endogeneity, heteroskedasticity, control function

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Age of Starting School, Academic Performance, and the Impact of Non-Compliance: An Experiment within an Experiment, Evidence from Australia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14168
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Aberdeen - Business School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technolog (RMIT University) and Georgetown University
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compliance rates, national standard achievement tests, fuzzy regression discontinuity

Subjective Health Assessments and Active Labor Market Participation of Older Men: Evidence from a Semiparametric Binary Choice Model with Nonadditive Correlated Individual-Specific Effects

MEA Discussion Paper No. 169-08
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Oct 2009
Jürgen Maurer, Roger W. Klein and Francis Vella
University of Mannheim, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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Health, Retirement, Nonadditive Correlated Effects, Semiparametric Estimation

Subjective Health Assessments and Active Labor Market Participation of Older Men: Evidence from a Semiparametric Binary Choice Model with Nonadditive Correlated Individual-Specific Effects

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3257
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Jürgen Maurer and Francis Vella
University of Mannheim and Georgetown University
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nonadditive correlated effects, retirement, health, semiparametric estimation

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Estimating the Return to Endogenous Schooling Decisions for Australian Workers Via Conditional Second Moments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2407
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Francis Vella and Roger W. Klein
Georgetown University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics
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returns to schooling, endogeneity, heteroskedasticity

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Macroeconomic Conditions and the Distribution of Income in Spain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2512
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jan 2007
Lidia Farré, Lidia Farré and Francis Vella
Universidad de AlicanteSpanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) - Institute for Economic Analysis and Georgetown University
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income distribution, aggregate fluctuations, semiparametric estimation

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Does Increasing Parents' Schooling Raise the Schooling of the Next Generation? Evidence Based on Conditional Second Moments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3967
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Feb 2009
Universidad de AlicanteSpanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) - Institute for Economic Analysis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
Downloads 89 (612,316)
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intergenerational mobility, endogeneity, conditional correlation

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Nonseparable Sample Selection Models with Censored Selection Rules: An Application to Wage Decompositions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11294
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Feb 2018
Boston University - Department of Economics, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
Downloads 69 (708,444)
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sample selection, nonseparable models, control function, quantile and distribution regression

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Evaluating the Role of Individual Specific Heterogeneity in the Relationship between Subjective Health Assessments and Income

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7651
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Boston University - Department of Economics, World BankGeorgetown University and Georgetown University
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subjective health assessments, non linear panel data models, fixed effects

18.

Persistent Occupational Hierarchies Among Immigrant Worker Groups in the United States Labor Market

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10514
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Feb 2017
Agnieszka Postepska and Francis Vella
University of Groningen and Georgetown University
Downloads 63 (742,983)

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occupational hierarchies, immigrant networks, empirical distribution of occupations

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Selection and Endogenous Treatment Models with Social Interactions: An Application to the Impact of Exercise on Self-Esteem

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14167
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Zhongjian Lin and Francis Vella
University of Georgia and Georgetown University
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Distribution Regression Difference-in-Differences

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17264
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Sep 2024
Boston University - Department of Economics, Swiss National Bank, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
Downloads 45 (872,479)

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difference-in-differences, treatment effects, distribution regression

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Dynamic Heterogeneous Distribution Regression Panel Models, with an Application to Labor Income Processes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15236
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 19 May 2022
Boston University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Georgetown University
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distribution regression, individual heterogeneity, panel data, uniform inference, labor income dynamics, incidental parameter problem, poverty traps

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Marital Sorting, Household Inequality and Selection

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16513
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 12 Oct 2023
Boston University - Department of Economics, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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marital sorting, inequality, selection

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Conditional Rank-Rank Regression

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17591
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Jan 2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston University - Department of Economics, Swiss National Bank, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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Endogenous Treatment Models with Social Interactions: An Application to the Impact of Exercise on Self-Esteem

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Jul 2024
Zhongjian Lin and Francis Vella
University of Georgia and Georgetown University
Downloads 34 (975,655)

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Endogenous Treatment, Sample Selection, Social Interactions, Sequential Estimation, Exercise, Self-Esteem

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Selection and the Distribution of Female Hourly Wages in the U.S

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15028
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 May 2022 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
Boston University - Department of Economics, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics, Georgetown University and University of Rome Tor Vergata - Department of Economics and Finance
Downloads 33 (986,128)
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nonseparability, wage decompositions, wage inequality, selection bias

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Hours Worked and the U.S. Distribution of Real Annual Earnings 1976-2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13016
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Nov 2024
Boston University - Department of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata - Department of Economics and Finance, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics and Georgetown University
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decompositions, sample selection, earnings inequality, nonseparable model

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Two-Step Estimation of Panel Data Models with Censored Endogenous Variables and Selection Bias

Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 90, pp. 239-263, June 1999
Posted: 04 Jan 2006
Francis Vella and Marno Verbeek
Georgetown University and Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management

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Two-step estimation; panel data, endogenous regressors, sample selection, conditional maximum likelihood

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Estimating and Interpreting Models with Endogenous Treatment Effects

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Vol. 17, pp. 473-478, 1999
Posted: 04 Jan 2006
Francis Vella and Marno Verbeek
Georgetown University and Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management

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treatment effects, control function, instrumental variables

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Estimating the Returns to Education for Australian Youth Via Rank-Order Instrumental Variables

Labour Economics, Vol. 6, pp. 491-507, 1999
Posted: 04 Jan 2006
Sarah Rummery, Marno Verbeek and Francis Vella
Stephen F. Austin State University - Department of Economics and Finance, Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management and Georgetown University

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instrumental variables, returns to schooling, education

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Nonparametric Estimation of Triangular Simultaneous Equations Models

Posted: 18 Sep 1998
Whitney K. Newey, James L. Powell and Francis Vella
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Georgetown University

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