Table of Contents

Introduction
1: The Use of Linear Regression in Labour Economics
2: Further Regression Issues in Labour Economics
3: Dummy and Ordinal Dependent Variables
4: Selectivity
5: Duration Models
6: Evaluation of Policy Measures
Conclusion

About the Author

Stephen Bazen gained his PhD from the London School of Economics. Previously, he was Lecturer at the University of Kent and Professor at Université de Bordeaux IV and Université de Savoie. He has been Visiting Professor at the universities of Paris Panthéon-Assas, Cattolica Milan, and Geneva, and has taught econometrics and labour economics at all levels over the past 25 years. He has written numerous research articles on minimum wages, labour
market flexibility, and inequality and is the author of several books including Labour Market Inequalities: Low-wage Employment in a European Perspective (edited with M. Gregory and W. Salverda, OUP, 2000), and
Econométrie: des fondements à la modélisation (with M. Sabatier, Editions Vuibert, 2007).