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Zeitverwendungsforschung und Mediennutzung

Merz, Joachim - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2009

The possibilities of time use research approaches for the analysis of the use of media is the focus of this study. After describing previous studies of media analyses time use research is characterised and the particular suitability of its central surveying instruments – stylised survey...

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Using sentiment to predict GDP growth and stock returns

Guzman, Giselle C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This study sheds new light on the question of whether or not sentiment surveys, and the expectations derived from them, are relevant to forecasting economic growth and stock returns, and whether they contain information that is orthogonal to macroeconomic and financial data. I examine 16...

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An inflation expectations horserace

Guzman, Giselle C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

For decades, the academic literature has focused on three survey measures of expected inflation: the Livingston Survey, the Survey of Professional Forecasters, and the Michigan Survey. While these measures have been useful in developing models of forecasting inflation, the data are low frequency...

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Socio-demographic Determinants of Computer Ownership: An Empirical View in the City of Gui Lin

Cheah, Yong Kang; Ning, Chun Mei - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 5 (2013) 1, pp. 57-70

This study aims to investigate the socio-demographic determinants of computer ownership in Gui Lin, China. A cross-sectional primary survey data with a total of 459 respondents is used for the analysis. By applying the binary logistic regression model, the results show that age, marital status,...

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The German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) - Evolution, Scope and Enhancements

Wagner, Gert G.; Frick, Joachim R.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2010

After the introduction in Section 2, we very briefly sketch out current theoretical and empirical developments in the social sciences. In our view, they all point in the same direction: toward the acute and increasing need for multidisciplinary longitudinal data covering a wide range of living...

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Imputation of the 2002 Wave of the Spanish Survey of Household Finances (Eff)

Barcelo, Cristina - 2006

This paper describes the methods used for imputation of the first wave of the Spanish Survey of Household Finances (EFF). It explains the motivation for using multiple imputation and describes its specific features, such as the use of the shadow values that flag each variable of the...

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Using Effective E-Commerce Strategies to Improve Organizational Performance

Ray, Jeffrey - 2015

This paper assesses why it’s important for businesses to make the commitment to engage in an effective e-commerce strategy. In a tough economy like the one we are currently experiencing, engaging in the pursuit of internet sales is a legitimate way for businesses to grow their market share. In...

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The Equal Division Puzzle - Empirical Evidence on Intergenerational Transfers in Sweden

Ohlsson, Henry - 2007

The objective of this paper is to study to what extent parents divide their estates unequally between their children. Unequal sharing of parental transfers is, for example, a necessary condition for theories of altruistic (dynastic) behavior to hold. I use a new data set based on the estate...

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MICSIM - Concept, Developments and Applications of a PC-Microsimulation Model for Research and Teaching

Merz, Joachim - 2009

empirically based level microsimulation models were developed and increasingly used for economic and social policy impact analyses …. Though microsimulation is known and applied (mainly by experts), an easy to use and powerful PC microsimulation model is hard … to find. The overall aim of this study and of MICSIM - A PC Microsimulation Model is to describe and offer such a user …

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Cumulation of Cross-Section Surveys: Evaluation of Alternative Concepts for the Cumulated Continuous Household Budget Surveys (LWR) 1999 until 2003 Compared to the Sample Survey of...

Merz, Joachim; Stolze, Henning - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household...

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