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Cramer, J.S. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

This paper describes the origins of the logistic function, its adoption in bio-assay, and its wider acceptance in statistics. Its roots spread far back to the early 19th century; the survival of the term logistic and the wide application of the device have been determined decisively by the...

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On the Rise of Bayesian Econometrics after Cowles Foundation Monographs 10, 14

Basturk, Nalan; Cakmakli, Cem; Ceyhan, S. Pinar; Dijk, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

This paper starts with a brief description of the introduction of the likelihood approach in econometrics as presented in Cowles Foundation Monographs 10 and 14. A sketch is given of the criticisms on this approach mainly from the first group of Bayesian econometricians. Publication and citation...

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Historical Developments in Bayesian Econometrics after Cowles Foundation Monographs 10, 14

Basturk, Nalan; Cakmakli, Cem; Ceyhan, S. Pinar; Dijk, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

After a brief description of the first Bayesian steps into econometrics in the 1960s and early 70s, publication and citation patterns are analyzed in ten major econometric journals until 2012. The results indicate that journals which contain both theoretical and applied papers, such as Journal...

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The Origins of Logistic Regression

Cramer, J.S. - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

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Determinants of Job Satisfaction across the EU-15: A Comparison of Self-Employed and Paid Employees

Millan, Jose Maria; Hessels, Jolanda; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

See also the publication in Small Business Economics (2013), 40(3), 651-670. Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e....

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Your Next of Kin or your Own Career? Caring and Working among the 50+ of Europe

Bolin, K.; Lindgren, B.; Lundborg, P. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

outcomes of providing informal care to one’s elderly parent(-s) among the 50+ of Europe. Data from SHARE (Survey of Health …, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe) was used to examine the association between, on the one hand, hours of informal care … and the number of hours worked, respectively, of informal-care provision was found to be stronger in central Europe than …

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Self-Employment around Retirement Age

Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

This paper uses panel data from the pan-European SHARE survey to study labor market behavior of older male self-employed vis-a-vis wage employed workers. We find the self-employed to work longer hours, to be more flexible in their hours allocation, and to retire later in all countries. We relate...

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Revealed Competition for Greenfield Investments between European Regions

Burger, Martijn J.; Knaap, Bert van der; Wall, Ronald S. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

In the modern economy, cities are assumed to be in fierce competition over attracting foreign investments in leading sectors of the world economy. Despite the rich theoretical discourse on these 'wars', it remains unclear which territories are competing with each other over which types of...

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The Magnitude and Distance Decay of Trade in Goods and Services: New Evidence for European Countries

Burger, Martijn J.; Thissen, Mark; Oort, Frank G. van; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

Using a newly assembled, consistent and disaggregated dataset (12 goods and 7 services) on internal and bilateral trade for 25 European countries, we analyse the difference between trade in goods and services. The measurement of both trade in goods and trade in services is improved over earlier...

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The Crisis Sensitivity of European Countries and Regions: Stylized Facts and Spatial Heterogeneity

Groot, Stefan P.T.; Mohlmann, Jan L.; Garretsen, Harry; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of the recent global recession on European countries and regions. We first present several stylized facts as to the heterogeneous impact of the global recession on individual European countries and regions. We then offer an investigation of three main classes...

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