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 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2000/adv.html

 可以看一下如上对2000年诺奖得主成就的介绍。

 Microeconometric research is concerned with empirical analysis of the economic
behavior of individuals and households, such as decisions on labor supply, consumption,
migration or occupational choice. Microeconometric methods are
equally relevant in studies of individual …rms, for example their production and
employment decisions. Over the last several decades, signi…cant breakthroughs
in empirical microeconomic research have been triggered by innovations in microeconometric
methods and by greater availability of new types of data.The
raw material in microeconometric research is microdata, where the units of observation
are individuals, households or …rms. Microdata appear as cross-section
data and, to an increasing degree, as longitudinal (panel) data.

 微观计量的主要应用领域：劳动经济学，产业组织，公共财政，城市与交通经济学，环境经济学等等

 Microeconometric applications cover a wide range of …elds in economics. Labor
economists have used microeconometric techniques to study labor supply
decisions, individual earnings, educational choice, worker mobility, and the duration
of spells of employment and unemployment. Microeconometric methods
are essential for studies in empirical public …nance, e.g., the e¤ects of taxes
and welfare policies on labor supply; in consumer research, e.g., the choice of
di¤erent brands; and in urban and transportation economics, e.g., the choice of
residence or mode of transportation. Applied research in microeconomics and
industrial organization relies on microeconometrics in studies of …rms’ production
and factor demand decisions. Similar methods are also used by researchers
in other social sciences.