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Problems of sample-selection bias in the historical heights literature : a theoretical and econometric analysis
Bodenhorn, Howard; Guinnane, Timothy; Mroz, Thomas A. - 2013
, slaves, and prisoners. -- self-selection ; selection bias ; heights ; anthropometrics ; standards of living …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744186
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Problems of Sample-Selection Bias in the Historical Heights Literature : A Theoretical and Econometric Analysis
Bodenhorn, Howard - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082366
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A joint top income and wealth distribution
Steiner, Viktor; Zhu, Junyi - 2020 - Preliminary draft – 2019.05.30
Top distributions of income and wealth are still incompletely measured in many national statistics, particularly when using survey data. This paper develops the technique of incorporating the joint distributional relationship to enhance the estimation of these two top distributions. We leverage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012438173
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A joint top income and wealth distribution
Steiner, Viktor; Zhu, Junyi - 2021
Top distributions of income and wealth are still incompletely measured in many national statistics, particularly when using survey data. This paper develops the technique of incorporating the joint distributional relationship to enhance the estimation of these two top distributions by using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424292
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Anthropometric history of Brazil, 1850-1950 : insights from military and passport records
Franken, Daniel - In: Revista de historia económica 37 (2019) 2, pp. 377-408
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Selection and historical height data : evidence from the 1892 Boas sample of the Cherokee Nation
Miller, Melinda - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 61 (2016), pp. 119-123
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Breaking the Fall : Successful Homeless Interventions in the COVID Pandemic
Flaming, Daniel; Pickens, Seth; Burns, Patrick - 2023
Government income and housing interventions during the COVID pandemic had demonstrable benefits in reducing the growth of homelessness. Comparisons of projected versus actual growth in Los Angeles County from 2020 to 2022 validate the benefit of these interventions.This report offers three types...
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The effects of gaps and disparities on economic growth : a study of 10 former socialist countries from the Central and Eastern Europe, members of the EU
Pescu, Maruşa; Ştefan, Camelia - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016) 43, pp. 592-610
The goal of this research paper is to empirically assess the potential effects of macroeconomic determinants of economic growth and to determine the impact of income inequality on economic growth in the long-run in ten former socialist countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) which are...
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Sample selection biases and the historical growth pattern of children
Schneider, Eric B. - 2018
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On the estimation of distributional household wealth : addressing under-reporting via optimization problems with invariant Gini coefficient
Engel, Janina; Ohlwerter, Dennis; Scherer, Matthias - 2023
The Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) provides valuable information for the monetary policy and financial stability purposes. The dataset shows, however, inconsistencies with National Account (NtlA) statistics, as the aggregated HFCS micro data do usually not match the...
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