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Problems of Sample-Selection Bias in the Historical Heights Literature: A Theoretical and Econometric Analysis
Bodenhorn, Howard; Guinnane, Timothy W.; Mroz, Thomas A. - Economics Department, Yale University - 2013
An extensive literature uses anthropometric measures, typically heights, to draw inferences about living standards in … the past. This literature's influence reaches beyond economic history; the results of historical heights research appear … as crucial components in development economics and related fields. The historical heights literature often relies on …
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Human development in Africa: A long-run perspective
Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 2, pp. 179-204
Long-run trends in Africa's wellbeing are provided on the basis of a new index of human development, alternative to the UNDP's HDI. A long-run improvement in African human development is found that it falls short of those experienced in other developing regions. A closer look at Africa reveals...
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Selection Bias in Innovation Studies. A Simple Test
Rassenfosse, Gaétan de; Schoen, Anja; Wastyn, Annelies - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2013
The study of the innovative output of organizations often relies on a count of patents filed at one single office of reference such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Yet, not all organizations file their patents at the EPO, raising the specter of a selection bias. Using novel datasets of the...
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Selection bias in innovation studies: A simple test
De Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Wastyn, Annelies - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
The study of the innovative output of firms often relies on a count of patents filed at one single office of reference such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Yet, not all firms file their patents at the EPO, raising the specter of a selection bias. Using a novel dataset of the whole...
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Методологические основы системного анализа социально-экономических процессов
Kaluzhsky, Mikhail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
Article on the use of system analysis methodology for modeling socio-economic processes. The author justifies the methodological approach, based on dynamic analysis of exogenous processes in economic and social management practices. Particular attention is paid to the use of index indicators...
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Türkiye'nin Gayrisafi Yurtiçi Hasılası 2002-2012'de Ne Kadar Büyüdü?
Kibritçioğlu, Aykut - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In The Economist dated June 8, 2013, it was stated that "Turkey's GDP per person had tripled in the past ten years". In the following issue, however, the editors corrected this information and wrote that "this was true only in nominal terms. In real terms, GDP per person has risen by just 43%."...
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Self-Selection of Migrant Workers: Migration Premium and (no) Returns to Skills
Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Why do low-skilled workers choose to work in a foreign economy and what determines their wages? The Paper empirically implements the Roy self-selection model to study this question. It does so using a unique dataset on Palestinian workers working locally and in the Israeli economy. The data...
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The Selection Bias in Court Records: Settlement and Trial in Eighteenth Century Kastamonu
Cosgel, Metin; Ergene, Bogac A. - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2013
Court records are used extensively in historical research. Preserved as summaries of daily legal proceedings, they give historians a unique opportunity of access to the information about the names, personal characteristics, and socio-economic status of individuals and about the laws, local...
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"Adult Antiretroviral Therapy and Child Health: Evidence from Scale-up in Zambia"
LUCAS, ADRIENNE M.; WILSON, NICHOLAS L. - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2013
One in five Zambian children lives with an HIV/AIDS-infected adult. We estimate the effect that the availability of adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) has on the health of such children. Using a triple difference specification, we find that adult access to ART resulted in increased...
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Growth and inequalities of height in Brazil (1939-1981)
Monasterio, Leonardo M; Noguerol, Luiz Paulo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper analyzes the heights of Brazilian people using anthropometric and economic data. The literature suggests … between the heights of 21 and 65-year-old men is approximately six centimetres. The same value, by coincidence, represents the … difference in the stature of the poorest and richest quintiles. Adjusted data show an increase of 3.8 centimetres in the heights …
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