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Semiparametric Selection Models with Binary Outcomes

Klein, Roger; Shen, Chan; Vella, Francis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper addresses the estimation of a semiparametric sample selection index model where both the selection rule and the outcome variable are binary. Since the marginal effects are often of primary interest and are difficult to recover in a semiparametric setting, we develop estimators for...

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Income and Happiness: New Results from Generalized Threshold and Sequential Models

Boes, Stefan; Winkelmann, Rainer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the most well-known representatives being the ordered logit and the ordered probit. However, these models restrict the marginal probability effects by design, and therefore limit the...

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Policy Discontinuity and Duration Outcomes

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Bozio, Antoine; Costa Dias, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

identification of average treatment effects on hazard rates without model structure. We estimate these effects by kernel hazard …

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A Simple Identification Strategy for Gary Becker's Time Allocation Model

Cherchye, Laurens; De Rock, Bram; Vermeulen, Frederic - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

using market wages. This approach implies a fundamental identification problem. We demonstrate that the identification …

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Sharing Rule Identification for General Collective Consumption Models

Cherchye, Laurens; De Rock, Bram; Lewbel, Arthur; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We propose a method to identify bounds (i.e. set identification) on the sharing rule for a general collective household …

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The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey

Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

estimate this model it is necessary to impose strong identification restrictions. Estimation results show that education is the …

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Identification of Peer Effects through Social Networks

Bramoullé, Yann; Djebbari, Habiba; Fortin, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We provide new results regarding the identification of peer effects. We consider an extended version of the linear … cases, we provide easy-to-check necessary and sufficient conditions for identification. We show that endogenous and … exogenous effects are generally identified under network interaction, although identification may fail for some particular …

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Integrating Personality Psychology into Economics

Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper reviews the problems and potential benefits of integrating personality psychology into economics. Economists have much to learn from and contribute to personality psychology.

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Economic Science and Political Influence

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in order to influence outcomes in a fashion consistent with their own preferences. I discuss some consequences of the existence of such ideological bias. In particular, I analyze...

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Experimental Approaches in Migration Studies

McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

The decision of whether or not to migrate has far-reaching consequences for the lives of individuals and their families. But the very nature of this choice makes identifying the impacts of migration difficult, since it is hard to measure a credible counterfactual of what the person and their...

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