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Markets for Reputation : Evidence on Quality and Quantity in Academe
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2009
We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by oneﾒs peers and others. The … reputation? Using evidence for academic economists, we find that, conditional on its impact, the quantity of output has no or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153301
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Who Said or What Said? Estimating Ideological Bias in Views Among Economists
Javdani, Mohsen - 2019
economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859734
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A New View on Panel Econometrics : Is Probit Feasible after All?
van Praag, B.M.S. - 2015
Mundlak (1978) proposed the addition of time averages to the usual panel equation in order to remove the fixed effects bias. We extend this Mundlak equation further by replacing the time-varying explanatory variables by the corresponding deviations from the averages over time, while keeping the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015010
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Using Spatial Econometric Techniques to Analyze the Joint Employment Decisions of Spouses
Kalenkoski, Charlene M. - 2014
Studies of the joint time-use decisions of spouses have relied on joint estimation of time-use equations, sometimes assuming correlated errors across spouses' equations and sometimes directly examining the effects of one spouse's time use on another's, relying on panel data or instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056250
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Instrumental Variables : An Econometrician's Perspective
Imbens, Guido W. - 2014
I review recent work in the statistics literature on instrumental variables methods from an econometrics perspective. I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056255
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Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation
Imbens, Guido W.; Wooldridge, Jeffrey M. - 2021
statistics and econometrics literatures. It has by now reached a level of maturity that makes it an important tool in many areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325038
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Multivariate Decomposition for Hazard Rate Models
Powers, Daniel A. - 2009
We develop a regression decomposition technique for hazard rate models, where the difference in observed rates is decomposed into components attributable to group differences in characteristics and group differences in effects. The baseline hazard is specified using a piecewise constant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765087
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Bayesian Exploratory Factor Analysis
Conti, Gabriella - 2014
This paper develops and applies a Bayesian approach to Exploratory Factor Analysis that improves on ad hoc classical approaches. Our framework relies on dedicated factor models and simultaneously determines the number of factors, the allocation of each measurement to a unique factor, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049750
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Anonymous Job Applications of Fresh Ph.D. Economists
Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle - 2011
behavior in hiring. This paper analyzes the potential of this approach in a randomized experiment with fresh Ph.D. economists …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118279
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A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market (2011-2012 Edition)
Cawley, John - 2011
This guide, updated for the 2011-12 job market season, describes the U. S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120141