Degree Year
1982
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Advisor(s)
Luis Fernandez
Hirschel Kasper
Keywords
Labor, Economics, Unemployment, Wages
Abstract
The most disturbing and difficult empirical problems of labor economics revolve around the absence of crucial information; the wage an unemployed person would receive if he or she were working. The most controversial policy problem of labor economics is embodied in the question; when is unemployment a problem? The goal of this paper is to propose a methodology for studying the first problem that sheds some light on the second.
Repository Citation
Angrist, Joshua David, "Sample Selection Bias and the Nature of Unemployment" (1982). Honors Papers. 650.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/650
