Search Results - subject:"Direct and Indirect Effects"

The impact of family composition on educational achievement

Chen, Stacey H.; Chen, Yen-chien; Liu, Jin-tan - 2014

Parents preferring sons tend to go on to have more children until one or more boys are born, and to concentrate investment in boys for a given sibsize. Therefore, having a brother may affect child outcomes in two ways: indirectly, by decreasing sibsize, and directly, where sibsize remains...

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Analysis of spatial interaction effect of retail gasoline price in Seoul : a spatial econometric approach

Chung, Yeimin; Park, Hojeong - In: Korea and the world economy 15 (2014) 2, pp. 209-241

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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors, and their contribution to employment growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 719-733

This study documents that the survival of start-ups is central in explaining the relationship between entry and regional employment growth. Distinguishing between start-ups according to the period of their survival shows that the positive effect of new business formation on employment growth is...

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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors, and their contribution to employment growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 23 (2013) 4, pp. 719-733

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MODELING THE LAND-USE AND GREENHOUSE-GAS IMPLICATIONS OF BIOFUELS

KHANNA, MADHU; ZILBERMAN, DAVID - In: Climate Change Economics (CCE) 03 (2012) 03, pp. 1250016-1

The emergence of biofuels as an agricultural commodity has integrated the agricultural, energy and livestock sectors and expanded the scope of models being used to analyze the effects of energy policies. It has increased the importance of incorporating spatial heterogeneity in land availability...

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Identifying causal mechanisms in experiments (primarily) based on inverse probability weighting

Huber, Martin - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2012

This paper demonstrates the identification of causal mechanisms in experiments with a binary treatment, (primarily) based on inverse probability weighting. I.e., we consider the average indirect effect of the treatment, which operates through an intermediate variable (or mediator) that is...

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Assessing the efficiency of investment projects by application of the intersectoral interregional models: results of experimental calculations

Granberg, A.G.; Mikheeva, N.N.; Syslov, V.I.; Novikova, T.S. - In: Journal "Region: Economics and Sociology" 4 (2010)

The paper considers the methodical issues of how the intersectoral interregional models could be applied to the assessment of large investment projects implemented through public-private partnership. We define the interrelated indicators of project efficiencies at the macroeconomic, regional and...

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Direct and Indirect Effects for Neighborhood-Based Clustered and Longitudinal Data

Weele, Tyler J. Vander - In: Sociological Methods & Research 38 (2010) 4, pp. 515-544

Definitions of direct and indirect effects are given for settings in which individuals are clustered in groups or … given for controlled direct effects and for natural direct and indirect effects. The interpretation of these identification … time and time-varying interventions are both considered. The definition of direct and indirect effects requires certain …

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Start-ups, Long- and Short-Term Survivors and their Effect on Regional Employment Growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We investigate the effects that regional start-up activity has on employment in new and in incumbent businesses. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1987-2002 period. It shows that the effects of new businesses on employment in the incumbents are significantly positive and...

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World Poverty and the Role of Agricultural Technology: Direct and Indirect Effects

Janvry, A. de; Sadoulet, E. - In: Journal of Development Studies 38 (2002) 4, pp. 1-26

Agricultural technology can help reduce poverty through direct and indirect effects. Direct effects are gains for the …

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