Ben Williams

Associate Professor
Department of Economics, George Washington University
(on sabbatical leave: 2021-2022 AY)
bdwilliams@gwu.edu

work in progress:

“A many item analysis of a linear regression with sum scores as regressors”
“Estimation of the interactive fixed effects model with a short panel” (with Bob Phillips)
“Large T Nonparametric Identification of Binary Choice Panel Data Model”
“A nonparametric analysis of roll call voting”

(2021) “The Econometrics of Early Childhood Human Capital and Investments” (with Flavio Cunha and Eric Nielsen) Annual Review of Economics (published version, SSRN)
(2021) “Minimum wage and women’s decision making power within households: Evidence from Indonesia” (with Jin Ho Kim) Economic Development and Cultural Change (published version
(2020) “Nonparametric Identification of Discrete Choice Models with Lagged Dependent Variables” Journal of Econometrics (published version, working paper)
(2020) “Identification of the linear factor model” Econometric Reviews (published version, working paper, supplementary appendix)
(2019) “The Repeat Time-on-the-Market Index” (with Paul Carrillo) Journal of Urban Economics (published version, SSRN)
(2019) “Controlling for ability using test scores” Journal of Applied Econometrics (published version, working paper)
(2019) “Identification of a Nonseparable Model under Endogeneity using Binary Proxies for Unobserved Heterogeneity” Quantitative Economics (published version, working paper, supplementary appendix)
(2011) Quantifying the failure of bootstrap likelihood ratio tests (with Mathias Drton) Biometrika (published version)