Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Data Sources -- Introduction -- 1. The Use of Linear Regression in Labour Economics -- 1.1 The Linear Regression Model-A Review of Some Basic Results -- 1.2 Specification Issues in the Linear Model -- 1.3 Using the Linear Regression Model in Labour Economics-the Mincer Earnings Equation -- 1.4 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix: The Mechanics of Ordinary Least Squares Estimation -- 2. Further Regression Issues in Labour Economics -- 2.1 Decomposing Differences Between Groups-Oaxaca and Beyond -- 2.2 Quantile Regression and Earnings Decompositions -- 2.3 Regression with Panel Data -- 2.4 Estimating Standard Errors -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- 3. Dummy and Ordinal Dependent Variables -- 3.1 The Linear Model and Least Squares Estimation -- 3.2 Logit and Probit Models-A Common Set-up -- 3.3 Interpreting the Output -- 3.4 More Than Two Choices -- 3.5 Concluding Remarks -- 4. Selectivity -- 4.1 A First Approach-Truncation Bias and a Pile-up of Zeros -- 4.2 Sample Selection Bias-Missing Values -- 4.3 Marginal Effects and Oaxaca Decompositions in Selectivity Models -- 4.4 The Roy Model-The Role of Comparative Advantage -- 4.5 The Normality Assumption -- 4.6 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- 1. The conditional expectation of the error term under truncation -- 2. The conditional expectation of the error term with sample selection -- 3. Marginal effects in the sample selection model -- 4. The conditional expectation of the error terms in two equations with selectivity bias -- 5. Duration Models -- 5.1 Analysing Completed Durations -- 5.2 Econometric Modelling of Spell Lengths -- 5.3 Censoring: Complete and Incomplete Durations -- 5.4 Modelling Issues with Duration Data -- 5.5 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- 1. The expected duration of completed spell is equal to the integral of the survival function.

2. The integrated hazard function -- 3. The log likelihood function with discrete (grouped) duration data -- 6. Evaluation of Policy Measures -- 6.1 The Experimental Approach -- 6.2 The Quasi-experimental Approach-A Control Group can be Defined Exogenously -- 6.3 Evaluating Policies in a Non-experimental Context: The Role of Selectivity -- 6.4 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- 1. Derivation of the average treatment effect as an OLS estimator -- 2. Derivation of the Wald estimator -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.