Wir betrachten die Kleinteiligkeit der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft aus den Blickwinkeln der Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeit und der Beschäftigungsentwicklung. Hierzu analysieren wir anhand des Betriebshistorik - panels Betriebe, die in den Jahren 1995 bis 1998 gegründet wurden. Für die...

We propose a new econometric estimation method for analysing the probability of leaving un-employment using uncompleted spells from repeated cross-section data, which can be especially useful when panel data are not available. The proposed method-of-moments-based estimator has two important...

This paper investigates formation of expected longevity in an elderly popu- lation. We use Italian data from the early (2004) release of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The SHARE provides a numerical measure for subjective survival probability (SSP). To assess...

Price setting in German metal-working industries is analysed using a monthly panel of individual price data for more than 2,000 plants covering the period from 1980 to 2001. Motivated by several models in the literature, a duration model is estimated. Price changes can be explained by a...

This research develops semiparametric kernel-based estimators of state-specific conditional transition intensitiesm, hs (y|x), for duration models with right-censoring and/or multiple destinations (competing risks). Both discrete and continous duration data are considered. The maintained...

In several European countries the elderly unemployed are allowed to collect unemployment benefits up to a certain age limit, after which they can retire via some early retirement scheme. In Finland the eligibility age of persons benefiting from this kind of scheme was raised from 53 to 55 in...

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This paper exploits a dispersal policy for refugee immigrants to <p> estimate the importance of local and regional factors for refugees’ location <p> preferences. <p> The main results of a mixed proportional hazard competing risks <p> model are that placed refugees react to high regional unemployment <p> and...</p></p></p></p></p>