Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data - Hardcover

Wooldridge, Jeffrey M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262232197 ISBN 13: 9780262232197

Publisher: Mit Pr, 2002

Synopsis

This graduate text provides an intuitive but rigorous treatment of contemporary methods used in microeconometric research. The book makes clear that applied microeconometrics is about the estimation of marginal and treatment effects, and that parametric estimation is simply a means to this end. It also clarifies the distinction between causality and statistical association.

The book focuses specifically on cross section and panel data methods. Population assumptions are stated separately from sampling assumptions, leading to simple statements as well as to important insights. The unified approach to linear and nonlinear models and to cross section and panel data enables straightforward coverage of more advanced methods. The numerous end-of-chapter problems are an important component of the book. Some problems contain important points not fully described in the text, and others cover new ideas that can be analyzed using tools presented in the current and previous chapters. Several problems require the use of the data sets located at the author's website.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey M. Wooldridge is University Distinguished Professor of Economics at Michigan State University and a Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Review:

I highly recommend this book for graduate classes in econometrics. We have used it at MIT and the students find it extremely helpful. Wooldridge covers topics in a highly readable and insightful way.

(Jerry Hausman, John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, MIT)

In this leading econometrics textbook, Wooldridge offers a very good explanation of the basics of the field--making it a great resource for econometrics students -- and a contemporary treatment of many important topics, making it a wonderful reference for researchers as well. The new edition provides clear explanations of many recent developments.

(Whitney Newey, Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics, MIT)

This second edition provides a comprehensive, accessible, and updated treatment of cross section and panel data methods. The book is full of useful insights, applications, and worked problems. It will serve as an invaluable textbook and reference for graduate students and researchers alike.

(Richard Blundell, Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College London)

About this edition

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0262232197
• ISBN 13: 9780262232197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 752