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We propose an observation-driven dynamic common factor model for missing value imputation in high-dimensional panel data. The model exploits both serial and cross-sectional information in the data and can easily cope with time-variation in conditional means and variances, as well as with either...
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We propose a new methodology for designing flexible proposal densities for the joint posterior density of parameters and states in a nonlinear non-Gaussian state space model. We show that a highly efficient Bayesian procedure emerges when these proposal densities are used in an independent...
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To gain insights in the current status of the economy, macroeconomic time series are often decomposed into trend, cycle and irregular components. This can be done by nonparametric band-pass filtering methods in the frequency domain or by model-based decompositions based on autoregressive moving...
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used in importance sampling for model estimation, model selection and model combination. The procedure is fully automatic …This paper proposes an up-to-date review of estimation strategies available for the Bayesian inference of GARCH …
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Tobit estimation, truncated regression, probit regression and substitutions for zero flows have been suggested. We argue …
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density and productivity and wages has long been established in the economic literature, less is known about the effects of … supply of university graduates on wages, i.e. the social return to education. …
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This paper studies the impact of routine job tasks on workers wages in the German labour market. Using nationally … associated with workers hourly wages; the negative effect of routine tasks is most pronounced in high-skilled non …-intensity of the workers' own occupation in 1979. The estimation procedure rests on the assumption that the two instruments are …
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college education cannot universally be considered an insurance against unpredictability of wages. One conclusion is …
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responsiveness of workers' wages on firms' ability to pay in order to assess the extent to which employers share rents with their …
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