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Traits, Imitation, and Evolutionary Dynamics

Schnedler, Wendelin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

In this article, a modelling framework for the information transmission between agents in an evolutionary game setting is proposed. Agents observe traits which reflect past and present behaviour and success of other agents. If agents imitate more successful agents based on these traits, the...

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The Finite Sample Performance of Semi- and Nonparametric Estimators for Treatment Effects and Policy Evaluation

Frölich, Markus; Huber, Martin; Wiesenfarth, Manuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

treatment and policy evaluation. In contrast to previous simulation studies which mostly considered semiparametric approaches …

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Calculating Confidence Intervals for Continuous and Discontinuous Functions of Estimated Parameters

Ham, John C.; Woutersen, Tiemen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The delta method is commonly used to calculate confidence intervals of functions of estimated parameters that are differentiable with non-zero, bounded derivatives. When the delta method is inappropriate, researchers usually first use a bootstrap procedure where they i) repeatedly take a draw...

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A Simulation of an Income Contingent Tuition Scheme in a Transition Economy

Vodopivec, Milan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

The paper takes advantage of exceptionally rich longitudinal data on the universe of labor force participants in Slovenia and simulates the working of an income contingent loan scheme to partly recover tuition costs. The simulations show that under the base variant (where the target cost...

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A Computationally Practical Simulation Estimation Algorithm for Dynamic Panel Data Models with Unobserved Endogenous State Variables

Keane, Michael P.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper develops a simulation estimation algorithm that is particularly useful for estimating dynamic panel data …

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Punishing Free-Riders: How Group Size Affects Mutual Monitoring and the Provision of Public Goods

Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

strategies seen in the lab and use the simulation to develop hypotheses about why group size should matter when punishment is …

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Simulation and Estimation of Hedonic Models

Heckman, James J.; Matzkin, Rosa; Nesheim, Lars - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Making use of restrictions imposed by equilibrium, theoretical progress has been made on the nonparametric and semiparametric estimation and identification of scalar additive hedonic models (Ekeland, Heckman, and Nesheim, 2002) and scalar nonadditive hedonic models (Heckman, Matzkin, and...

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Fertility in Sub-Saharan African Countries with Consideration to Health and Poverty

Jeon, Yongil; Rhyu, Sang-Young; Shields, Michael P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Fertility has begun to fall in Sub-Saharan Africa but it remains high on average and particularly for a few countries …

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Civil Wars beyond their Borders: The Human Capital and Health Consequences of Hosting Refugees

Baez, Javier E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Between 1993 and 1994, extremist militia groups carried out the extermination of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the genocides of Burundi and Rwanda. Nearly one million people were killed and thousands were forcibly uprooted from their homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera – a...

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How Large Is the Private Sector in Africa? Evidence from National Accounts and Labor Markets

Stampini, Marco; Leung, Ron; Diarra, Setou M.; Pla, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …

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