This paper investigates the effect of locus of control (LOC) on the length of mothers’ employment break after childbirth. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), duration data reveals that women with an internal LOC return to employment more quickly than women with an...

Die Arbeit behandelt zunächst die statistische Theorie der Ereignisanalyse, die die Grundlage für die empirische Analyse der Studiendauer und des Studienabbruch-Risikos auf der Basis von Studieneingangskohorten der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien bildet. Die Einbeziehung erklärender Variablen in...

Within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Boracay Action Agenda and the ASEAN Strategic Action Plan developed by its members to assist micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to reach internationalization, the study examines the survivability of Philippines MSMEs'...

This paper shows that popular linear fixed-effects panel-data estimators (first-differences, within-transformation) are biased and inconsistent when applied in a discrete-time hazard setting, that is, one with the outcome variable being a binary dummy indicating an absorbing state, even if the...