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Misspecification Testing in a Class of Conditional Distributional Models

Rothe, Christoph; Wied, Dominik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We propose a specification test for a wide range of parametric models for the conditional distribution function of an outcome variable given a vector of covariates. The test is based on the Cramer-von Mises distance between an unrestricted estimate of the joint distribution function of the data,...

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When, Where and How to Perform Efficiency Estimation

Badunenko, Oleg; Henderson, Daniel J.; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

nonparametric kernel SFA estimator of Fan, Li and Weersink (1996) to the nonparametric bias corrected DEA estimator of Kneip, Simar …

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Income vs. Consumption Inequality in South Korea: Evaluating Stochastic Dominance Rankings by Various Household Attributes

Heshmati, Almas; Rudolf, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Using four rounds (1999, 2002, 2005, 2008) of the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS), this article examines determinants of household income and consumption levels and inequalities. Unconditional as well as conditional stochastic dominance (SD) tests are performed by year, by household...

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Searching for Rehabilitation in Nonparametric Regression Models with Exogenous Treatment Assignment

Henderson, Daniel J.; Maasoumi, Esfandiar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper offers some new directions in the analysis of nonparamertric models with exogenous treatment assignment. The nonparametric approach opens the door to the examination of potentially different distributed outcomes. When combined with cross-validation, it also identifies potentially...

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Evaluating Dominance Ranking of PSID Incomes by Various Household Attributes

Maasoumi, Esfandiar; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

composite null hypotheses of SD orders. This is in contrast to simulation and bootstrap-based techniques that do so, resulting …

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Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences

Bergemann, Annette; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Speckesser, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This study analyzes the employment effects of training in East Germany. We propose and apply an extension of the widely used conditional difference-in-differences evaluation method. Focusing on transition rates between nonemployment and employment we take into account that employment is a state...

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Non-Response Biases in Surveys of School Children: The Case of the English PISA Samples

Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; Skinner, Chris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We analyse response patterns to an important survey of school children, exploiting rich auxiliary information on respondents' and non-respondents' cognitive ability that is correlated both with response and the learning achievement that the survey aims to measure. The survey is the Programme for...

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School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias

Fertig, Michael; Wright, Robert E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate education production functions for reading literacy. The analysis suggests that the probability of finding statistically significant and correctly signed class size effects...

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Bias Corrections for Two-Step Fixed Effects Panel Data Estimators

Fernández-Val, Iván; Vella, Francis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper introduces bias-corrected estimators for nonlinear panel data models with both time invariant and time …/selection bias. We then estimate the primary equation by fixed effects including an appropriately constructed control function from … both steps might employ nonlinear fixed effects procedures it is necessary to bias adjust the estimates due to the …

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Sexual Bias and Household Consumption: A Semiparametric Analysis of Engel Curves in Rural China

Gong, Xiaodong; van Soest, Arthur; Zhang, Ping - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

children, which can be seen as evidence of sexual bias related to a commonly believed existing preference for boys. …

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