Applied Statistics - Gerard van den Berg 

 This week the Applied Statistics Workshop will present a talk by Gerard van den Berg, Professor of Labor Economics at the Free University of Amsterdam.  Before joining the faculty at Amsterdam in 1996, he worked at Northwestern University, New York University, Stockholm School of Economics, Tilburg University, Groningen University, and INSEE-CREST.  From 2001 to 2004, he was Joint Managing Editor of The Economic Journal, and has published in Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Review, and other journals.  He is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University.  His research interests are in the fields of econometrics, labor economics, and health economics, notably duration analysis, treatment evaluation, and search theory. 

 Professor van den Berg will present a talk entitled "An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation."  The paper is available from the  course website .  The presentation will be at noon on Wednesday, April 19 in Room N354, CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge St. Lunch will be provided.