| The economics and econometrics of active labor market programs JJ Heckman, RJ LaLonde, JA Smith Handbook of labor economics 3, 1865-2097, 1999 | 5272 | 1999 |
| Does matching overcome LaLonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators? JA Smith, PE Todd Journal of econometrics 125 (1-2), 305-353, 2005 | 4865 | 2005 |
| Characterizing selection bias using experimental data JJ Heckman, H Ichimura, JA Smith, PE Todd National bureau of economic research, 1998 | 3841 | 1998 |
| Assessing the case for social experiments JJ Heckman, JA Smith Journal of economic perspectives 9 (2), 85-110, 1995 | 1528 | 1995 |
| Making the most out of programme evaluations and social experiments: Accounting for heterogeneity in programme impacts JJ Heckman, J Smith, N Clements The review of economic studies 64 (4), 487-535, 1997 | 1194 | 1997 |
| How robust is the evidence on the effects of college quality? Evidence from matching DA Black, JA Smith Journal of econometrics 121 (1-2), 99-124, 2004 | 1022 | 2004 |
| The pre‐programme earnings dip and the determinants of participation in a social programme. Implications for simple programme evaluation strategies JJ Heckman, JA Smith The Economic Journal 109 (457), 313-348, 1999 | 735 | 1999 |
| Is the threat of reemployment services more effective than the services themselves? Evidence from random assignment in the UI system DA Black, JA Smith, MC Berger, BJ Noel American economic review 93 (4), 1313-1327, 2003 | 627* | 2003 |
| Estimating the returns to college quality with multiple proxies for quality DA Black, JA Smith Journal of labor Economics 24 (3), 701-728, 2006 | 591 | 2006 |
| Determinants of the match between student ability and college quality EW Dillon, JA Smith Journal of Labor Economics 35 (1), 45-66, 2017 | 485* | 2017 |
| A simulation estimator for dynamic models of discrete choice VJ Hotz, RA Miller, S Sanders, J Smith The Review of Economic Studies 61 (2), 265-289, 1994 | 485 | 1994 |
| Reconciling conflicting evidence on the performance of propensity-score matching methods JA Smith, PE Todd American Economic Review 91 (2), 112-118, 2001 | 478 | 2001 |
| The determinants of participation in a social program: Evidence from a prototypical job training program JJ Heckman, JA Smith Journal of Labor Economics 22 (2), 243-298, 2004 | 385 | 2004 |
| A critical survey of empirical methods for evaluating employment and training programs J Smith Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 136 (3), 247-268, 2000 | 347* | 2000 |
| The performance of performance standards JJ Heckman, CJ Heinrich, JA Smith National Bureau of Economic Research, 2002 | 331 | 2002 |
| Evaluating the Welfare State, in Strom, S.(ed.), Econometrics and Economic Theory in the 20th Century: The Ragnar Frisch Centennial, Econometric Society Monograph Series J Heckman, J Smith Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998 | 313* | 1998 |
| Substitution and dropout bias in social experiments: A study of an influential social experiment J Heckman, N Hohmann, J Smith, M Khoo The Quarterly Journal of Economics 115 (2), 651-694, 2000 | 300 | 2000 |
| Heterogeneous impacts in PROGRESA H Djebbari, J Smith Journal of Econometrics 145 (1-2), 64-80, 2008 | 298 | 2008 |
| Sources of selection bias in evaluating social programs: An interpretation of conventional measures and evidence on the effectiveness of matching as a program evaluation method JJ Heckman, H Ichimura, J Smith, P Todd Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 93 (23), 13416-13420, 1996 | 274 | 1996 |
| Assessing the performance of performance standards in public bureaucracies J Heckman, C Heinrich, J Smith The American Economic Review 87 (2), 389-395, 1997 | 247 | 1997 |
James HeckmanProfessor of Economics at University of Chicago, American Bar Foundation Research FellowVerified email at uchicago.edu
