TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Klaauw, Bas van der
        TI  - From Micro Data to Causality: Forty Years of Empirical Labor Economics
        PY  - 2014/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8047
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8047
        AB  - This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous variation in treatment assignment which can be exploited to estimate causal effects. With the increased availability of detailed administrative data empirical labor economics and more generally empirical microeconomics will become an even more prominent field in economics research.
        KW  - labor market behavior
KW  - experiments
KW  - selection
KW  - endogeneity
KW  - treatment effects
KW  - microeconometrics
        ER  -