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Vance, Colin; Ritter, Nolan - 2013

Sample selection models, variants of which are the Heckman and Heckit models, are increasingly used by political scientists to accommodate data in which censoring of the dependent variable raises concerns of sample selectivity bias. Beyond demonstrating several pitfalls in the calculation of...

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Confounding and missing data in cost-effectiveness analysis: Comparing different methods

Härkänen, Tommi; Maljanen, Timo; Lindfors, Olavi; … - In: Health Economics Review 3 (2013) 8, pp. 1-11

Introduction: Common approaches in cost-effectiveness analyses do not adjust for confounders. In nonrandomized studies this can result in biased results. Parametric models such as regression models are commonly applied to adjust for confounding, but there are several issues which need to be...

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Out-of-pocket expenditure by private households for dental services: Empirical evidence from Austria

Sanwald, Alice; Theurl, Engelbert - In: Health Economics Review 6 (2016) 10, pp. 1-9

-of-pocket. Settings and design: This study analyses the socio-economic determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure for dental services (OOPE … results allow new insights into the determinants of OOPE for dental care. The household level turns out to be an adequate … basis to study the determinants of OOPE, although caution should be applied before jumping to conclusions for the individual …

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A novel approach to dynamic livelihood clustering: Empirical evidence from Nepal

Walelign, Solomon Zena; Pouliot, Mariève; Larsen, … - 2015

Rural households are heterogeneous: different socio-economic characteristics and asset endowments dictate their engagement with different livelihood activities resulting in different livelihood outcomes. Poverty reduction policies should consider this. Using a unique environmentally augmented...

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Do High Oil Prices Matter? – Evidence on the Mobility Behavior of German Households

Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2008

Focusing on travel survey data from Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of automobile travel, with the …

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Driving for Fun? – A Comparison of Weekdays and Weekend Travel

Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2009

determinants of automobile travel with the specific aim of quantifying the effects of fuel prices and person-level attributes on …

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Firm Growth, European Industry Dynamics and Domestic Business Cycles

Oberhofer, Harald - 2010

Based on the empirical firm growth literature and on heterogeneous (microeconomic) adjustment models, this paper empirically investigates the impact of European industry fluctuations and domestic business cycles on the growth performance of European firms. Since the implementation of the Single...

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Microeconomic Determinants of Domestic Tourism Expenditure in India

Azam, Mehtabul - 2022

important determinants of trip expenditure in addition to economic and socio-demographic characteristics. The unconditional …

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What drives out-of pocket health expenditures of private households? Empirical evidence from the Austrian household budget survey

Sanwald, Alice; Theurl, Engelbert - 2014

of pharmaceuticals into prescription fees and direct payments gives better insights into the determinants. We conclude … household budget surveys are of limited value when studying the determinants. …

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Who is saving privately for retirement and how much? New evidence for Germany

Metzger, Christoph - 2015

first step the decision to save at all is analyzed, showing that the main determinants for saving are personal income as … saving rate. Modelling both decisions separately therefore leads to a better understanding of the determinants of saving for …

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