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Interpreting interaction terms in linear and non-linear models: A cautionary tale
Drichoutis, Andreas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Interaction terms are often misinterpreted in the empirical economics literature by assuming that the coefficient of interest represents unconditional marginal changes. I present the correct way to estimate conditional marginal changes in a series of non-linear models including (ordered)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294598
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Microcredit, labour, and poverty impacts in urban Mexico
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Mosley, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Improved household accessibility to credit is identified as a significant determinant of intra-household re-allocation of labour resources with important implications for productivity, income, and poverty status. However, credit accessibility could also have wider impacts on poverty if it leads...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528724
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Wider impacts of microcredit: evidence from labor and human capital in urban Mexico
Nino-Zarazua, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
-experiment specifically designed to control for endogeneity and selection bias in the context of urban Mexico. We find important indirect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616774
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What determines credit participation and credit constraints of the poor in peri-urban areas, Vietnam?
Doan, Tinh; Gibson, John; Holmes, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper uses a novel dataset collected by the first author from peri-urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2008 to examine how the poor use their loans, and factors affecting their credit participation and credit constraints. The paper finds the presence of many commercial banks in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764684
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New Taxonomies for Limited Dependent Variables Models
Biørn, Erik; Wangen, Knut R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We establish a `map' for describing a wide class of Limited Dependent Variables models much used in the econometric literature. The classification system, or language, is an extension of Amemiya's typology for tobit models and is intended to facilitate communication among researchers. The class...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107314
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The Multiple Discrete-Continuous Extreme Value Model (MDCEV) with fixed costs
Tanner, Reto; Bolduc, Denis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper, we present a model that can be viewed as an extension of the traditional Tobit model. As opposed to that specific model, ours also accounts for the the fixed costs of car ownership. That extension is needed since being carless is an option for many households in societies that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260957
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A Spatial Cost of Living Index for Colombia using a Microeconomic Approach and Censored Data
Atuesta, Laura; Paredes, Araya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper describes a methodology to calculate a spatial cost of living index using Colombian data for 2006 that takes into consideration the microeconomic behavior of households. Using the Almost Ideal Demand System and recovering the expenditure functions for the 23 main Colombian cities, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004030
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Smoking behavior in Vietnam: demographic and socioeconomic determinants
cuong, nguyen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Smoking is a leading cause for diseases and death. Information on factors affecting the smoking status is useful for … policies on smoking reduction, especially in developing countries. This paper examines to what extent individuals …’ characteristics can affect the smoking status using a household survey in Vietnam. It is found that gender and age are the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647446
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Maternal prenatal substance use and behavior problems among children in the U.S.
Sen, Bisakha; Swaminathan, Shailender - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … are used to minimize bias from confounding factors. Our results suggest that the relationship between prenatal smoking and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490101
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Evolution of social inequalities in health in Quebec?
Batana, Yélé Maweki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper, based on data from the National Population Health Surveys (NPHS) from 1994 to 2007, analyzes the evolution of social inequalities in health in Quebec since the mid-1990s using two health measures namely self-assessed health (SAH) and health utility index (HUI). Two methods are used....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636482