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Semiparametric analysis of German East-West migration intentions : facts and theory

Burda, Michael C.; Härdle, Wolfgang; Müller, Marlene; … - 1997

East-West migration in Germany peaked at the beginning of the 90s although the average wage gap between Eastern and … Western Germany continues to average about 25%. We analyze the propensity to migrate using microdata from the German … compatible with classical Marshallian theory of migration and motivates the semiparametric analysis. We estimate a Generalized …

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On the wages of temporary help service workers in Germany

Kvasnicka, Michael; Werwatz, Axel - 2002

This paper produces first econometric estimates for Germany of the contemporanous wage gap associated with Temporary …

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A simple state space model of house prices

Schulz, Rainer; Werwatz, Axel - 2002

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On the job search and the wage distribution

Christensen, Bent Jesper; Mortensen, Dale; Neumann, … - 2000

The estimates of the structural parameters of a job separations model derived from the theory of on-the-job search are … dispersion across employers exists in the sense that different employers offer different wages to the same worker, the theory …

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Asymptotic properties of the nonparametric part in partial linear heteroscedastic regression models

Liang, Hua; Härdle, Wolfgang; Werwatz, Axel - 1997

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Does male age have an influence on the risk of spontaneous abortion? : an approach combining semiparametric and parametric regression

Slama, Rémy; Werwatz, Axel; Boutou, Odile; Ducot, Béatrice - 2002

Couples from Western countries tend to delay their pregnancies, which may affect their ability to obtain a live birth. We assessed the association between male age and the risk of spontaneous abortion taking into account woman's age. We performed telephone interviews on a ross-sectional random...

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Marginal employment - a dead end? : a survival analysis based on West German spelldata

Kolb, Jürgen; Werwatz, Axel - 2000

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How accurate do markets predict the outcome of an event? : the Euro 2000 soccer championships experiment

Schmidt, Carsten; Werwatz, Axel - 2002 - Rev.

For the Euro 2000 Soccer Championships an experimental asset market was condueted, with traders buying and selling contracts on the winners of individual matches. Market-generated probabilities are compared to professional bet quotas, and factors that are responsible for the quality of the...

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A state space model for Berlin house prices

Schulz, Rainer; Werwatz, Axel - 2001

How risky are investments in residential real estate? To answer this question, information is needed about the behavior of house prices. The hedonic methodology has become a standard approach for modelling the prices of heterogeneous assets. Although intuitively appealing, it is often criticized...

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