Researchers typically encounter missing data in practice and have developed various imputation methods. However, the existing methods are mainly developed for independent data and the assumption of independence disregards the connections of units through various social relationships (e.g.,...

While many empirical studies show that participation in rural labor markets is animportant household livelihood strategy, data on Tanzania show that the participation in the rural labor markets is still relatively low. This study examines the factors behind the development of village labor...

The wide spread of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) reshapes the nature of urban development and economic growth. ICT introduces a new online recruitment dimension for the employers and potential employees (job seekers) locations in both public and private sectors. Therefore, the...

In this study, we propose simple test statistics for identifying the source of spatial dependence in spatial autoregressive models with endogenous weights matrices. Elements of the weights matrices are modelled in such a way that endogenity arises when the unobserved factors that affect elements...