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Availability of Family-Friendly Work Practices and Implicit Wage Costs: New Evidence from Canada

Fakih, Ali - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using Canadian linked employer-employee data covering the period 1999-2005, I examine the determinants of the availability of family-friendly "care" practices and the impact of such practices on wages. The results show that the provision of family-friendly practices is not mainly derived from...

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VOLUNTEERING AND LIFE SATISFACTION : AN INVESTIGATION OF ENDOGENEITY

CHEN, CHIANG-MING; YEH, CHIA-YU; CHANG, CHING-HSING - In: Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics 55 (2014) 1, pp. 21-32

life satisfaction. We used a univariate ordered probit model and a simultaneous bivariate ordered probit model to compare … ordered probit model suggest that volunteering has no effecton life satisfaction. However, the results from the simultaneous … bivariate ordered probit model indicate volunteering has a significantposit ive effect on life satisfaction. The failure to …

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Couples' fertility decision-making

Stein, Petra; Willen, Sebastian; Pavetic, Monika - In: Demographic Research 30 (2014) 63, pp. 1697-1732

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Effect of Credit Rating on Firm Performance and Stock Return; Evidence form KSE Listed Firms

Shaheen, Rubina; Javid, Attiya Yasmin - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics - 2014

This study investigates the determinants of credit ratings of firms and the impact of credit rating on firms’ performance and stock return for listed firms in Pakistan. For empirical analysis of this study, panel data of 63 financial and nonfinancial firms rated by Pakistan Credit Rating...

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Spatial Concentration of Military Dictatorships in Sub-Saharan Africa (1977-2007)

Caruso, Raul; Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - CESifo - 2014

We empirically investigate the existence of spatial autocorrelation between military dictatorships in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1977 through 2007. We apply a Bayesian SAR probit regression, extended to a pooled model. We find a robust and positive spatial autocorrelation coefficient, which shows a...

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A Bivariate Probit Examination of Financial and Volunteer Problems of Non-Profit Sport Clubs

Coates, Dennis; Wicker, Pamela; Feiler, Svenja; Breuer, … - In: International Journal of Sport Finance 9 (2014) 3, pp. 230-248

the relationship between both types of problems. Using data from a survey of sport clubs in Germany, a bivariate probit … model is estimated. The results provide evidence that both problems are interrelated. Clubs relying on sponsorship income …

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Estimating Interest Rate Setting Behavior in Korea: An Ordered Probit Model Approach

Kim, Hyeongwoo - Department of Economics, Auburn University - 2014

We investigate the Bank of Korea's interest rate setting behavior using a discrete choice model, where the Monetary Policy Committee revises the target policy interest rate only when the gap between the current market interest rate and the optimal rate exceeds a certain threshold value. Using...

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Who is overeducated and why? Probit and dynamic mixed multinomial logit analyses of vertical mismatch in East and West Germany

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Schömann, Klaus - Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI) - 2014

Overeducation is an often overlooked facet of untapped human resources. But who is overeducated and why? Relying on SOEP data 1984-2011, we use probit models for estimating the likelihood of entering overeducation and dynamic mixed multinomial logit models with random effects addressing state...

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Does Parental Education Affect the Impact of Provision of Health Care on Health Status of Children? - Evidence from India

Bhatka, Runu; Kumar, A. Ganesh - eSocialSciences - 2014

The objective of the study is to analyse the impact of provision of health care facilities on the child health status taking into account the utilization of these available facilities. The study offers an insight into how parental education plays a significant role in explaining the slow...

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Wealth and income in the euro area: Heterogeneity in households' behaviours?

Arrondel, Luc; Roger, Muriel; Savignac, Frédérique - European Central Bank - 2014

determining its location in the wealth distribution. A generalized ordered probit model is estimated to explain the role played by …

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