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Dynamics of poor health and non-employment
Haan, Peter; Myck, Michał - 2009
While there is little doubt that the probability of poor health increases with age, and that less healthy people face a more difficult situation on the labour market, the precise relationship between facing the risks of health deterioration and labour market instability is not well understood....
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GEE Estimation of a Two-Equation Panel Data Model: An Analysis of Wage Dynamics and the Incidence of Profit-Sharing in West Germany
Pannenberg, Markus; Spiess, Martin - 2007
jointly analyze wage dynamics and the incidence of profit-sharing in West Germany. Our findings reveal a significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260895
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Alternative approaches to evaluation in empirical microeconomics
Blundell, Richard W.; Dias, Monica Costa - 2002
Four alternative but related approaches to empirical evaluation of policy interventions are studied: social experiments, natural experiments, matching methods, and instrumental variables. In each case the necessary assumptions and the data requirements are considered for estimation of a number...
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Modelling low pay transition probabilities, accounting for panel attrition, non-response, and initial conditions
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2004
We model annual low pay transition probabilities taking account of three potentially endogenous selections: two sample drop-out mechanisms (panel attrition, non-employment) and ?initial conditions? (base-year low pay status). This model, and variants that ignore one or more of these selection...
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A Vectorautoregressive Investment Model (VIM) and Monetary Policy Transmission: Panel Evidence from German Firms
von Kalckreuth, Ulf; Chirinko, Robert S.; Breitung, Jörg - 2003
This paper proposes a new framework for studying the effects of monetary policy on business investment. Important ambiguities with the modeling of investment dynamics and interactions between real and financial decisions suggest modeling investment spending as a VAR. Based on a panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295752
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Selection Correction in Panel Data Models: An Application to Labour Supply and Wages
Dustmann, Christian; Rochina-Barrachina, María Engracia - 2000
In recent years a number of panel estimators have been suggested for sample selection models, where both the selection equation and the equation of interest contain individual effects which are correlated with the explanatory variables. We review and compare some of these estimators, and apply...
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Macroeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Germany - A Dynamic Panel Approach Using Regional Data
Zeiss, Christopher; Caliendo, Marco; Blien, Uwe; Hujer, … - 2002
estimate the impacts of ALMP in Germany for the time period 1999-2001 with regional data of 175 labour office districts. Due to … accounts especially for the inherent simultaneity problem of ALMP. For West Germany we find positive effects of vocational … training and job creation schemes on the labour market situation, whereas the results for East Germany do not allow profound …
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Nonresponse in Business Tendency Surveys: Theoretical Discourse and Empirical Evidence
Seiler, Christian - 2013
Surveys are a widely used tool to answer socio-economic research question across disciplines. However, data collection can face certain problems such as nonresponding units. For household and population surveys, a large body of literature about the effects of nonresponse exist but only less is...
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A new empirical approach to explain the stock market yield: A combination of dynamic panel estimation and factor analysis
Will, Matthias Georg - 2011
This paper presents an empirical approach that combines competing paradigms of modeling in empirical capital market research. The approach simultaneously estimates the explanatory power of fundamentals, expectations, and historic yield patterns, making it possible to test the extent to which the...
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Start-up success of freelancers: new microeconometric evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel
Merz, Joachim; Paic, Peter - 2006
If certain start-up characteristics will indicate a business success, knowing such characteristics could generate more successful start-ups and more efficient start-up counseling. Our study will contribute to this by quantifying individual success determinants of freelance start-ups. The data...
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