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Patterns of Consent: Evidence from a General Household Survey
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Lynn, Peter; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
We analyse consent patterns and consent bias in the context of a large general household survey, the 'Improving survey … measurement of income and employment' (ISMIE) survey, also addressing issues that arise when there are multiple consent questions … are biases in consent to data linkage with benefit and tax credit administrative records held by the Department for Work …
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Estimation of Covariate Effects With Current Status Data and Differential Mortality
Palloni, Alberto; Thomas, Jason - In: Demography 50 (2013) 2, pp. 521-544
The assessment of the impact that socioeconomic determinants have on the prevalence of certain chronic conditions reported by respondents in population surveys must confront two problems. First, the self-reports could be in error (false positives and false negatives). Second, those reporting are...
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Are sociocultural factors important for studying a science university major?
Grossmann, Volker; Osikominu, Aderonke; Osterfeld, Marius - 2015
This paper examines the role of the sociocultural background of students for choosing STEM fields in university. We combine rich survey data on university graduates in Switzerland with municipality level information from the census as well as nationwide elections and referenda to characterize a...
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Does it pay to invest in Art? A Selection-corrected Returns Perspective
Korteweg, Arthur; Kräussl, Roman; Verwijmeren, Patrick - 2013
This paper shows the importance of correcting for sample selection when investing in illiquid assets with endogenous trading. Using a large sample of 20,538 paintings that were sold repeatedly at auction between 1972 and 2010, we find that paintings with higher price appreciation are more likely...
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Does it pay to invest in art? A selection-corrected returns perspective
Korteweg, Arthur; Kräussl, Roman; Verwijmeren, Patrick - 2013
This paper shows the importance of correcting for sample selection when investing in illiquid assets with endogenous trading. Using a large sample of 20,538 paintings that were sold repeatedly at auction between 1972 and 2010, we find that paintings with higher price appreciation are more likely...
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Impact of tissue culture banana technology in Kenya: A difference-in-difference estimation approach
Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Kabunga, Nassul .S.; Qaim, Matin - 2012
Most micro-level studies on the impact of agricultural technologies build on cross-section data, which can lead to unreliable impact estimates. Here, we use panel data covering two time periods to estimate the impact of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector. TC...
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Selective admission into stroke unit and patient outcomes: A tale of four cities
Bokhari, Farasat A. S.; Wellwood, Ian; Rudd, Anthony G.; … - In: Health Economics Review 4 (2014) 1, pp. 1-10
Care of stroke patients costs considerably more in specialized stroke units (SU) compared to care in general medical wards (GMW) but the technology may be cost effective if it leads to significantly improved outcomes. While randomized control trials show better outcomes for stroke patients...
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A Detailed Decomposition of Changes in Wage Inequality in Reunified Post-transition Germany 1999-2006: Accounting for Sample Selection
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a decade after reunification. For that purpose, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1999 - 2006, and implement the decomposition methodologies of...
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The relationship between school performance and future wages in Brazil
Curi, Andréa Zaitune; Menezes-Filho, Naercio - In: EconomiA 15 (2014) 3, pp. 261-274
This paper examines whether the quality of learning, measured by the scores obtained by the 1978 generation at the end of high school (1995), affects the wages received by this cohort five years later, measured in the 2000 Census. We compute average wages and proficiency for each...
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Enforcement actions and their effectiveness in securities regulation: Empirical evidence from management earnings forecasts
Song, Yunling; Ji, Xinwei - In: China Journal of Accounting Research 5 (2012) 1, pp. 59-81
Due to resource constraints, securities regulators cannot find or punish all firms that have conducted irregular or even illegal activities (hereafter referred to as fraud). Those who study securities regulations can only find the instances of fraud that have been punished, not those that have...
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