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Planned Fertility and Family Background: A Quantile Regression for Counts Analysis
Miranda, Alfonso - Centre for Economic Research, School of Economics and … - 2005
This paper examines how fertility plans of young individuals who live in intact families (i.e., those where both … biological parents are present) differ from the fertility plans of young individuals who live in non-intact families in Mexico …. The paper also analyses whether family background has a relevant role in the formation of fertility plans. An innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005636080
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Repeat tourism in Uruguay: modelling truncated distributions of count data
Brida, Juan Gabriel; Pereira, Juan Sebastián; Scuderi, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper studies the determinants of repeat visiting in Uruguay, where loyal visitors are a relevant part of the total. From a statistical point of view the number of times a visitor has been to a place constitutes count data. In this regard available information on Uruguay present relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652914
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Somatic Cell Counts in Dairy Marketing: Quantile Regression for Count Data
Volpe III, Richard; Park, Timothy; Hennessy, David; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
We study the determinants of somatic cell count (SCC) for fluid milk among U.S. dairies. We synthesize much of the work that has been done to model SCC economically in order to identify the potential impacts of buyer-imposed penalties and incentives within the supply chain. Additionally we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915972
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The Great Divide in Scientific Productivity. Why the Average Scientist Does Not Exist
Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, … - 2009
We use a quantile regression approach to estimate the eects of age, gender, research funding, teaching load and other observed characteristics of academic researchers on the full distribution of research performance, both in its quantity (publications) and quality (citations) dimension....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415904
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How did the German health care reform of 1997 change the distribution of the demand for health services?
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2003
I consider the problem of evaluating the effect of a health care reform on the demand for doctor visits when the effect is potentially different in different parts of the outcome distribution. Quantile regression is a useful technique for studying such heterogeneous treatment effects. Recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315524
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Double coverage and demand for health care: Evidence from quantile regression
S, Moreira; P, Pita Barros - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962216
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How Did the German Health Care Reform of 1997 Change the Distribution of the Demand for Health Services?
Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2003
I consider the problem of evaluating the effect of a health care reform on the demand for doctor visits when the effect is potentially different in different parts of the outcome distribution. Quantile regression is a useful technique for studying such heterogeneous treatment effects. Recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700816
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The relationship between religion and fertility: Evidence from Austria
Heineck, Guido - Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Facultad … - 2006
Data from the Austrian Family and Fertility Survey are used to examine for the first time the contemporary relationship … between religion and fertility in first unions in Austria. Although Austria is a Catholic country, results from a Poisson …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005088362
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Exploring the puzzle of human reproduction : register data based evidence from France and Germany
Lipowski, Cäcilia; Wilke, Ralf A.; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2020
analyse and directly compare fertility patterns in two major European economies over a period of 15 years. Strong evidence is … found that opportunity costs play a role in fertility decisions, and for a positive income effect for females with high … earnings. Females in Germany adapt their fertility behaviour more strongly in response to economic incentives than their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222196
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Does gender equality translate into economic equality? : evidence from about 150 nations
Nelson, Michael A.; Goel, Rajeev K. - 2021
government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486672