An ordered probit educational attainment model, used to predict the lost earning capacity of a wr... more An ordered probit educational attainment model, used to predict the lost earning capacity of a wrongfully injured minor child, was created by Spizman and Kane (1992) and updated by Kane and Spizman (2001). This paper re-estimates the educational attainment model using the latest round of interviews from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1997. The model specification has been updated to reflect recent findings on the determinants of educational attainment. We also examine the legal framework in which econometric techniques have been accepted and have become standard tools in litigation.
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 1990
In 1984 the Supreme Court ruled that employers can unilaterally break an existing collective barg... more In 1984 the Supreme Court ruled that employers can unilaterally break an existing collective bargaining contract upon filing a chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. This ruling changed both the contractual responsibilities of the employer to honor the collective bargaining agreement and the rights that workers have under the National Labor Relations Act. The purpose of this article is to show the conditions under which a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding will lead to the termination of a labor contract. Our results suggest that (a) legal rulings that reduce ...
We quantify the effect of a parent's absence on a child's future earnings. A parent... more We quantify the effect of a parent's absence on a child's future earnings. A parent's absence because of separation or divorce reduces a child's lifetime earnings between 3 and 12 percent. Lifetime educational attainment is adversely affected by between 2 and 4 percent if a parent of the same gender as the child dies (a smaller impact than if absence
Pr~ecting the earning capacity of a wrongfully-injured minor child is problematic because there i... more Pr~ecting the earning capacity of a wrongfully-injured minor child is problematic because there is no established earnings record that can be used to estimate the child's future income. In the absence of earnings data, economists use average income figures from governmental publications to determine what the minor child might have earned if the injury had not occurred. This procedure is inaccurate in predicting what a child's potential earnings are.
College professors often express concern about the academic preparation of students in their clas... more College professors often express concern about the academic preparation of students in their classes. Economists frequently lament the weak mathematical, logical, and verbal skills of their students. In such cases, blame can conveniently be placed on the poor quality of instruction received in our nation's elementary and secondary schools.
In our 1992 paper (Spizman and Kane, 1992) an ordered probit estimation technique was used to pre... more In our 1992 paper (Spizman and Kane, 1992) an ordered probit estimation technique was used to predict the lost earning capacity of a wrongfully injured minor child. Prior to this paper the methodology of establishing the lost earning capacity was to apply the average earnings for each educational group (high school, some college, college, graduate school etc) to the wrongfully injured child. There was no method of determining the probability of the injured child attaining the educational level associated with the average earnings for that educational group.
Abstract: This study examines the impact of PowerPoint on student performance, course evaluations... more Abstract: This study examines the impact of PowerPoint on student performance, course evaluations, and student preferences in economics courses. Professors from three different colleges each taught two sections of a course. PowerPoint was used in one of the two sections and a more traditional “chalk and talk” method was used in the other.
This paper describes an experiment focused on measuring and explaining differences in students le... more This paper describes an experiment focused on measuring and explaining differences in students learning between online and face-to-face modes of instruction in college level principles of economics courses. Our results indicate that students in face-to-face sections scored better on the Test of Understanding College Economics (TUCE) than students in online sections.
Retrieval practice has consistently been shown to be important in developing long-term recall. Ma... more Retrieval practice has consistently been shown to be important in developing long-term recall. Many students, however, resist the use of this practice. In this episode, Dr. Michelle Miller joins us to discuss methods of overcoming this resistance and examine how retrieval practice may be productively used to increase student learning
An ordered probit educational attainment model, used to predict the lost earning capacity of a wr... more An ordered probit educational attainment model, used to predict the lost earning capacity of a wrongfully injured minor child, was created by Spizman and Kane (1992) and updated by Kane and Spizman (2001). This paper re-estimates the educational attainment model using the latest round of interviews from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1997. The model specification has been updated to reflect recent findings on the determinants of educational attainment. We also examine the legal framework in which econometric techniques have been accepted and have become standard tools in litigation.
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 1990
In 1984 the Supreme Court ruled that employers can unilaterally break an existing collective barg... more In 1984 the Supreme Court ruled that employers can unilaterally break an existing collective bargaining contract upon filing a chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. This ruling changed both the contractual responsibilities of the employer to honor the collective bargaining agreement and the rights that workers have under the National Labor Relations Act. The purpose of this article is to show the conditions under which a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding will lead to the termination of a labor contract. Our results suggest that (a) legal rulings that reduce ...
We quantify the effect of a parent's absence on a child's future earnings. A parent... more We quantify the effect of a parent's absence on a child's future earnings. A parent's absence because of separation or divorce reduces a child's lifetime earnings between 3 and 12 percent. Lifetime educational attainment is adversely affected by between 2 and 4 percent if a parent of the same gender as the child dies (a smaller impact than if absence
Pr~ecting the earning capacity of a wrongfully-injured minor child is problematic because there i... more Pr~ecting the earning capacity of a wrongfully-injured minor child is problematic because there is no established earnings record that can be used to estimate the child's future income. In the absence of earnings data, economists use average income figures from governmental publications to determine what the minor child might have earned if the injury had not occurred. This procedure is inaccurate in predicting what a child's potential earnings are.
College professors often express concern about the academic preparation of students in their clas... more College professors often express concern about the academic preparation of students in their classes. Economists frequently lament the weak mathematical, logical, and verbal skills of their students. In such cases, blame can conveniently be placed on the poor quality of instruction received in our nation's elementary and secondary schools.
In our 1992 paper (Spizman and Kane, 1992) an ordered probit estimation technique was used to pre... more In our 1992 paper (Spizman and Kane, 1992) an ordered probit estimation technique was used to predict the lost earning capacity of a wrongfully injured minor child. Prior to this paper the methodology of establishing the lost earning capacity was to apply the average earnings for each educational group (high school, some college, college, graduate school etc) to the wrongfully injured child. There was no method of determining the probability of the injured child attaining the educational level associated with the average earnings for that educational group.
Abstract: This study examines the impact of PowerPoint on student performance, course evaluations... more Abstract: This study examines the impact of PowerPoint on student performance, course evaluations, and student preferences in economics courses. Professors from three different colleges each taught two sections of a course. PowerPoint was used in one of the two sections and a more traditional “chalk and talk” method was used in the other.
This paper describes an experiment focused on measuring and explaining differences in students le... more This paper describes an experiment focused on measuring and explaining differences in students learning between online and face-to-face modes of instruction in college level principles of economics courses. Our results indicate that students in face-to-face sections scored better on the Test of Understanding College Economics (TUCE) than students in online sections.
Retrieval practice has consistently been shown to be important in developing long-term recall. Ma... more Retrieval practice has consistently been shown to be important in developing long-term recall. Many students, however, resist the use of this practice. In this episode, Dr. Michelle Miller joins us to discuss methods of overcoming this resistance and examine how retrieval practice may be productively used to increase student learning
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