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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

In this paper we compare two flexible estimators of technical efficiency in a cross-sectional setting: the nonparametric kernel SFA estimator of Fan, Li and Weersink (1996) to the nonparametric bias corrected DEA estimator of Kneip, Simar and Wilson (2008). We assess the finite sample...

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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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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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Does Expert Advice Improve Educational Choice?

Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H.H.; Stenberg, Anders - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

practices between schools. Tentative analyses also indicate that counselors reduce students' uncertainty about their own … individual preferences at least to the same extent as uncertainty about objective measures such as employment prospects. …

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The Impact of the 1996 US Immigration Policy Reform (IIRIRA) on Mexican Migrants' Remittances

Vaira-Lucero, Matias; Nahm, Daehoon; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

mechanism to insure themselves against higher degrees of uncertainty within their host countries. Furthermore, this finding …

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The Evolution of Inequality, Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Labor Earnings in the U.S. Economy

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

it is due to greater uncertainty faced by agents. Applying the methodology of Cunha, Heckman, and Navarro (2005) to data … predictable and unpredictable components of earnings have increased in recent years. The increase in uncertainty is substantially … greater for unskilled workers. For less skilled workers, roughly 60% of the increase in wage variability is due to uncertainty …

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Note on Employment Protection, Domestic Anchorage, and FDI

Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Montagna, Catia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper examines how employment protection legislation affects location decisions of multinationals. Based on a simple theoretical framework, we estimate an empirical model, using OECD-data on bilateral FDI-flows and employment protection indices. We find that, while an "unfavourable"...

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