A method for fitting regression models to data that exhibit spatial correlation and Heteroskedasticity is proposed. A combination of parametric and nonparametric regression techniques is used to iteratively estimate the various components of the model. The approach is demonstrated on a large...

The authors propose a method for fitting regression models to data that exhibit spatial correlation and heteroskedasticity. A combination of parametric and nonparametric regression techniques is used to iteratively estimate the various components of the model. The approach is demonstrated on a...

Over the last decade, new information has been developed and collected to measure the extent of food insecurity and hunger in the United States. Common measurement of the phenomenon of hunger and food insecurity has become possible through efforts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...

This paper reviews the statistical properties of the model used to obtain estimates of the prevalence and severity of poverty-linked food insecurity and hunger in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has annually sponsored data collection efforts to obtain information on food...

The paper investigates female wage profiles in West-Germany between 1984 and 2008 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The empirical study focuses on the short-run wageloss due to childcare and the long-run wage-profile in post-birth employment, respectivly. This is compared with...

The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The observational study focuses on the investigation of individual and family-related covariate effects on the duration of maternity...

Der Beitrag stellt zunächst die grundlegenden Ideen der mit dem Corona-Sonderpreis des Statistischen Bundesamtes ausgezeichneten Arbeiten vor, die sich mit der Schätzung der Übersterblichkeit in den Jahren 2020 und 2021 befassen. Dabei wurde eine altersadjustierte Schätzung der jährlichen...