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Matching using Semiparametric Propensity Scores
Lehrer, Steven; Kordas, Gregory - Econometric Society - 2004
semiparametric propensity score estimates relative to matching algorithms that employ parametric propensity scores …
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Parametric and Semi-parametric Estimations of the Return to Schooling in South Africa
Bhalotra, Sonia; Sanhueza, Claudia - Econometric Society - 2004
semiparametric estimates of the sample selection model for the case of return to schooling. The parametric estimator is the one … proposed by Heckman (1979) and the semiparametric estimator proposed by Newey (1991) and Klein and Spady (1993). It also … variables increases the return to schooling substantially. Parametric corrections does not change the results but semiparametric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699575
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A Dynamic Structural Model of Labor Supply and Educational Attainment
Gayle, Wayne-Roy - Econometric Society - 2004
This paper investigates the process by which a cohort of males accumulate human capital via formal education and labor market participation. I use all available annual waves of the 1979 youth cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience (NLSY79) to estimate a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005702661
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Measuring the consumption value of higher education
Alstadsæter, Annette - Econometric Society - 2004
The consumption value of education is an important, but rather ignored factor behind the individual's educational choice. This paper suggests a method for measuring the consumption value of education in a compensating differentials framework when the ability bias is corrected for. As an example,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342153
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American Kids, Why Don't They Study?
Lee, Sanghoon - Econometric Society - 2004
American students work less than East Asian students in high school, but work more in college. We propose an explanation for this puzzle, using a two-stage-signaling model. Signaling can occur over time both in high school and college. We show that main signaling stage may be high school or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342364
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University Prestige and Choice of Major Field: Evidence from South Korea
Kang, Changhui - Econometric Society - 2004
Unlike previous studies on major choice of university students, this study considers a university's prestige in their choice of a major field. This study sets up an estimation model for a joint decision about where to go to university (prestigious or non-prestigious) and what major field to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086437
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Some New Semiparametric Panel Stochastic Frontier Models
Hajargasht, Gholamreza - Econometric Society - 2004
€œtrue†fixed and random effect stochastic frontier models. In this paper we extend these two models to their semiparametric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005130155
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What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? A Re-examination using PISA Data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - Econometric Society - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005702593
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Partial Identification of Poverty Measures with Contaminated Data
Campo, Juan Carlos Chavez-Martin del - Econometric Society - 2004
Much of the statistical analysis for poverty measurement regards the data employed to estimate poverty statistics as error-free observations. However, it is amply recognized that surveys responses are not perfectly reliable and that the quality of the data is often poor, especially for...
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Informal employment in Bolivia: A lost proposition?
Tannuri-Pianto, Maria; Pianto, Donald - Econometric Society - 2004
where education does not play a role and experience is only important at high quantiles. We exploit the semi-parametric …
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