household labour supply and consumption behaviour. We simulate real world microdata by means of a collective approach, using a … compound procedure of estimation and calibration based on the 1998 wave of the German socioeconomic panel. We estimate a … estimation of collective models with taxation. …

This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three …, our results further support the advice to parents of young children not to smoke. …

This paper considers the shape invariant modelling approach in semiparametric regression estimation. Nonparametric … estimation procedure is suggested. √N- consistency of the parameter estimates is proved. Finite sample performance of this …

variety of functional forms of household expenditure shares; it yields root-N-consistent parameter estimates and is consistent …

individuals, as a function of characteristics of both the individual and the household she lives in, on the basis of household … Czechoslovakia, but significant progress toward a more balance diet has taken place over the period. Finally, household … characteristics such as the woman?s level of education, or household income, have at most a marginal impact on these profiles. …