The varying-coefficient model allows to investigate and visualize the form of the interaction of variables in the predictor. Moreover, common approaches like semiparametric modeling and generalized linear models are special cases. The focus is on local estimators, in particular local likelihood...

Network (or matrix) reconstruction is a general problem that occurs if the marginsof a matrix are given and the matrix entries need to be predicted. In this paper,we show that the predictions obtained from the iterative proportional fitting procedure(IPFP) or equivalently maximum entropy (ME)...

Der Beitrag stellt zunächst die grundlegenden Ideen der mit dem Corona-Sonderpreis des Statistischen Bundesamtes ausgezeichneten Arbeiten vor, die sich mit der Schätzung der Übersterblichkeit in den Jahren 2020 und 2021 befassen. Dabei wurde eine altersadjustierte Schätzung der jährlichen...

The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The observational study focuses on the investigation of individual and family-related covariate effects on the duration of maternity...