Lecturers for the VIth Summer School

Lecture 1: Jeffrey A. Smith (University of Maryland and IZA):
"Evaluation of Active Labor Market Programs"

Downloadable files (password-protected):  

• Part 1: "Types of evaluations/ Parameters of interest / Social experiments"
  
• Part 3/4: "Selection on observables: matching methods"
• Part 5: "Instrumental variable methods/ Heckman bivariate normal model"
  
• Part 6: "Choosing between alternative methods"

Lecture 2: Christopher A. Pissarides (London School of Economics and IZA):
"The Search and Matching Approach to the Analysis of Labour Markets"

Downloadable files (password-protected):  

• Slide 1: "Labour Market Equilibrium: The Search and Matching Approach"
  
• Slide 2: "Endogenous Job Destruction"
• Slide 3: "Effciency"
  
• Slide 4: "Wage Posting"
  
• Slide 5: "Policy"