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Estimating the technology of children's skill formation

Agostinelli, Francesco; Wiswall, Matthew - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523927

The migrant health gap and the role of labour market status : evidence from Switzerland

Rellstab, Sara; Pecoraro, Marco; Holly, Alberto; … - 2016

With more than a fifth of the population being foreign citizens, Switzerland offers an ideal case to study the migrant health gap and the role of labour market status on the migrants' health. This paper examines the potential health gaps between Swiss nationals and different migrant groups (from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622949

Forecasting Macedonian business cycle turning points using Qual VAR model

Petrovska, Magdalena; Krstevska, Aneta; Naumovski, Nikola - Narodna Banka na Republika Makedonija - 2016

This paper aims to assess the usefulness of leading indicators in business cycle research and forecast. Initially we test the predictive power of the ESI within a static probit model as a leading indicator, commonly perceived to be able to provide a reliable summary of the current economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011623919

Estimating the Technology of Children's Skill Formation

Agostinelli, Francesco - 2016

We develop a new estimator for the process of children's skill formation in which children's skills endogenously develop according to a dynamic latent factor structure. Rather than assuming skills are measured perfectly by a particular measure, we accommodate the variety of skills measures used...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456235

Identification of Dynamic Latent Factor Models : The Implications of Re-Normalization in a Model of Child Development

Agostinelli, Francesco - 2016

A recent and growing area of research applies latent factor models to study the development of children's skills. Some normalization is required in these models because the latent variables have no natural units and no known location or scale. We show that the standard practice of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456236

Applications of Multivariate Latent Variable Models in Marketing

DeSarbo, Wayne S.; Kamakura, Wagner A.; Wedel, Michel - 2016

Paul Green, writing with Carmone and Wachpress (1976), was among the first scholars to introduce latent variable models … of these techniques in depth. Latent variable models have since become important tools for the analysis of multivariate … data in marketing. In this chapter, we consider some more recent marketing applications of latent variable models based on …

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Drivers of travel insurance purchase

Sarman, Igor; Curtale, Riccardo; Hajibaba, Homa - In: Journal of travel research : a quarterly publication of … 59 (2020) 3, pp. 545-558

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Deviance information criterion for latent variable models and misspecified models

Li, Yong; Yu, Jun; Zeng, Tao - In: Journal of econometrics 216 (2020) 2, pp. 450-493

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Social cooperation in the context of integrated private and common land management

Kassahun, Habtamu Tilahun; Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark; … - In: Environmental and resource economics 75 (2020) 1, pp. 105-136

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Hierarchical modelling of COVID-19 death risk in india in the early phase of the pandemic

Olsen, Wendy Kay; Bera, Manasi; Dubey, Amaresh; Kim, Jihye - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 32 (2020) 5, pp. 1476-1503

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