. We propose to use Cook's Distance in order to identify influential outliers having substantial influence on first …

the sample. These extreme observations, or outliers, often have a large impact on the results of statistical analyses … this, the detection of outliers and their appropriate treatment is often dealt with in a rather sloppy manner. One reason … the presence of outliers. Our paper intents to improve on this situation by presenting a highly robust method for …

outliers and influential observations. A variety of diagnostic methods are employed to identify these influential observations … methods utilised proved incapable of identifying or accommodating the gross outlier(s) in the data, the more successful …

to substantial differences in labor-market equilibrium between bargained and posted wages. The fraction of workers hired … away from existing jobs is another key determinant of equilibrium, because a worker with an existing job has a better …

sufficient market equilibrium exists and a model of compensating differentials with controls for disequilibrium yields useful …