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High-Technology Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley
Fairlie, Robert W.; Chatterji, Aaron K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The economic expansion of the late 1990s created many opportunities for business creation in Silicon Valley, but the opportunity cost of starting a business was also high during this period because of the exceptionally tight labor market. A new measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024596
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The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
strategies for dealing with clustering in research of this type. On balance, the estimates point to a substantial and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822145
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The Power of the Test in Three-Level Designs
Konstantopoulos, Spyros - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
classrooms or schools), or individuals within groups (such as students). Since field experiments involve clustering, key aspects … into account clustering effects at the classroom and at the school level, sample size effects (e.g., number of students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566837
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Experimental Games on Networks: Underpinnings of Behavior and Equilibrium Selection
Charness, Gary; Feri, Francesco; Meléndez-Jiménez, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
networks, such as connectivity, clustering, and the degree of the players, help to predict informed behavior in the lab. People …
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A Comment on Variance Decomposition and Nesting Effects in Two- and Three-Level Designs
Konstantopoulos, Spyros - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
the hierarchy on the variance decomposition and the clustering effects have not been well documented. This paper discusses … how omitting one level in three-level models affects the variance decomposition and clustering in the resulting twolevel …
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