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The Effect of Parents' Schooling on Child's Schooling: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis

Haan, Monique de - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

This paper uses a relatively new approach to investigate the effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling; a nonparametric bounds analysis based on Manski and Pepper (2000), using the most recent version of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We start with making no assumptions and then add...

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Variable Selection and Functional Form Uncertainty in Cross-Country Growth Regressions

Salimans, Tim - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

Regression analyses of cross-country economic growth data are complicated by two main forms of model uncertainty: the uncertainty in selecting explanatory variables and the uncertainty in specifying the functional form of the regression function. Most discussions in the literature address these...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838591

Are Economic Agents Successful Optimizers? An Analysis through Service Strategy in Tennis

Klaasen, Franc J.G.M.; Magnus, Jan R. - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

We consider the question whether top tennis players in a top tournament (Wimbledon) employ an optimal (efficient) service strategy. We show that top players do not, in general, follow an optimal strategy, and we provide a lower bound of the inefficiency. The inefficiency regarding winning a...

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Nonparametric Tests for Serial Independence Based on Quadratic Forms

Diks, Cees; Panchenko, Valentyn - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

Tests for serial independence and goodness-of-fit based on divergence notions between probability distributions, such as the Kullback-Leibler divergence or Hellinger distance, have recently received much interest in time series analysis. The aim of this paper is to introduce tests for serial...

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Decomposing Portfolio Value-at-Risk: A General Analysis

Hallerbach, Winfried G. - Tinbergen Institute - 1999

efficiency. We evaluate various alternative estimation methods in an application example and conclude that the proposed approach …

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Total Factor Productivity and the Mongolian Transition

Chessa, Antonio G.; Schouwstra, Marije C. - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

Total Factor Productivity (TFP)is often used on the macro-economic level as an indicator of changes in efficiency of a … increasing and become positive after a (quite a) few years of transition. Many authors conclude that this is a gain in efficiency … increases in efficiency. To investigate this, the mathematical properties of TFP are analysed in order to generate new insights …

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Mean and Bold?

Witte, Kristof De; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - Tinbergen Institute - 2007

association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly … efficiency of these two evolutions. In particular, we adapt Free Disposal Hull (FDH) to estimate robust and conditional non …-oriented efficiency estimates. Parametric COLS (Fourier) tests show the robustness of the model with respect to the specification and its …

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The Impact of Labour Market Deregulation: Lessons from the

Gorter, Cees; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Institute - 1999

Unemployment remains a major economic and social problem in many developed

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Gender Differences, HIV Risk Perception and Condom Use

Lammers, Judith; Wijnbergen, Sweder van; Willebrands, Daan - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

We analyze how HIV-knowledge influences condom use across the sexes. The empirical work is based on a household survey conducted among 1,979 households of a representative group of market persons in Lagos in 2008. Last-time-condom-use is analyzed based on a Probit model while correcting for...

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Same Work, Lower Grade? Student Ethnicity and Teachers’ Subjective Assessments

Ewijk, Reyn van - Tinbergen Institute - 2010

Previous research shows that ethnic minority students perform poorer in school when they are taught by ethnic majority teachers. Why this is the case was unclear. This paper focuses on one important potential explanation: I examine whether ethnic majority teachers grade minority and majority...

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