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Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Britain : Evidence from a Bayesian Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Chib, Siddhartha - 2011
15 in the UK in 1947. We provide a Bayesian fuzzy regression discontinuity approach to infer the effect on earnings for a …
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Wage Inequality and Returns to Education in Turkey : A Quantile Regression Analysis
Tansel, Aysit - 2011
Mincerian wage equations using OLS and quantile regression techniques. Male wage inequality is high in Turkey. While it declined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131425
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Returns to Education in Four Transition Countries : Quantile Regression Approach
Staneva, Anita - 2010
This paper uses quantile regression techniques to analyze heterogeneous patterns of return to education across the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137510
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The Exporter Productivity Premium Along the Productivity Distribution : First Evidence from a Quantile Regression Approach for Fixed Effects Panel Data Models
Powell, David - 2010
number of empirical studies after controlling for observed and unobserved firm characteristics in regression models including …-effects quantile regression models to estimate the exporter productivity premium at quantiles of the productivity distribution for … over the quantiles – a dimension of firm heterogeneity that cannot be detected through mean regression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139057
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Running and Jumping Variables in RD Designs : Evidence Based on Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Birth Weights
Barreca, Alan I. - 2010
crucial implications for any study using a regression discontinuity design (RDD) in which birth weights are used as the … general problem that can afflict regression discontinuity designs. In cases where attributes related to the outcomes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139332
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Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life : New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions
Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2012
We examine differences in the value of statistical life (VSL) across potential wage levels in panel data using quantile regressions with intercept heterogeneity. Latent heterogeneity is econometrically important and affects the estimated VSL. Our findings indicate that a reasonable average cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116688
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Human Capital and Growth : Specification Matters
Sunde, Uwe - 2011
This paper suggests that the weak empirical effect of human capital on growth in existing cross-country studies is partly the result of an inappropriate specification that does not account for the different channels through which human capital affects growth. A systematic replication of earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120134
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Long-Term Effects of Class Size
Fredriksson, Peter - 2011
This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden and exploit variation in class size created by a maximum class size rule. Smaller classes in the last three years of primary school (age 10 to 13) are not only beneficial for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121751
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The Impact of 'Equal Educational Opportunity' Funds : A Regression Discontinuity Design
Ooghe, Erwin - 2011
assignment of such personnel subsidies in Flanders to estimate the impact on cognitive outcomes via a regression discontinuity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125478
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Mobility Across Multiple Generations : The Iterated Regression Fallacy
Stuhler, Jan - 2012
implies high long-run mobility even when intergenerational mobility is low. However, the assumption that regression implies … perpetual regression is a statistical fallacy.I examine this fallacy, its historical background, and its prevalence. I then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096148