V. Joseph Hotz

Current Positions and Affiliations
    Arts and Sciences Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Duke University (www.econ.duke.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, Applied Econometrics, Evaluation of Impact of Social Programs

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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), forthcoming in Biometrika.

“Can Administrative Data on Child Support be Used to Improve the EITC? Evidence from Wisconsin,” (with J. K. Scholz) forthcoming in the National Tax Journal.

“Strategic Information Disclosure: The Case of Multi-Attribute Products with Heterogeneous Consumers,” (with M. Xiao), March 2008.

“An Economic Model of Amniocentesis Choice ,” (with S. Sanders and E. Fajnzylber), October 2007.

"Living Arrangements among Elderly Women in the PSID," (with G. Lukens, K. McGarry and E. Wiemers), September 2007.

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

“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.

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(Unpublished Appendix and Extra Tables for "Evaluating the Differential Effects of Alternative Welfare-to-Work Training Components...")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

“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.