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Child mortality, wealth and education: direct versus indirect effects

Abou-Ali, Hala - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003

of the indirect effect of the source of drinking water on child mortality is found. Furthermore, changes in wealth and …

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Part-Time Sick Leave as a Treatment Method?

Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

This paper analyzes the effects of being on part-time sick leave compared to full-time sick leave on the probability of recovering (i.e., returning to work with full recovery of lost work capacity). Using a discrete choice one-factor model, we estimate mean treatment parameters and...

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How much is too much? - An investigation of the effect of the number of choice sets, starting point and the choice of bid vectors in choice experiments

Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006

In a split sample design, we examine how the number of choice sets, design of the first choice set (starting point), and the choice of attribute levels in the cost attribute affect the precision in the elicited preferences in otherwise completely identical choice experiment surveys. These issues...

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Do Experience and Cheap Talk influence Willingness to Pay in an Open-Ended Contingent Valuation Survey?

Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006

In this paper we analyze the effect of information on respondents’ willingness to pay to avoid power outages in Sweden, by employing an open-ended contingent valuation survey.Two aspects of information are tested; (i) if increased experience from power outages manifested by one of the worst...

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Does it Matter When a Power Outage Occurs? - A Choice Experiment Study on the Willingness to Pay to Avoid Power Outages

Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004

Using a choice experiment survey, the marginal willingness to pay (WTP) among Swedish households for reductions in power outages is estimated. The results from the random parameter logit estimation indicate that the marginal WTP increases with the duration of the outages, and is higher if the...

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Willingness to Pay among Swedish Households to Avoid Power Outages - A Random Parameter Tobit Model Approach

Carlsson, Fredrik; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004

Using a contingent valuation survey, we elicit Swedish households’ willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid power outages. In the study respondents are asked to state their WTP for avoiding nine different types of outages. We therefore apply a random parameter Tobit model since there is...

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Productivity Dynamics and the Role of “Big-Box” Entrants in Retailing

Maican, Florin; Orth, Matilda - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

Entry of large (“big-box”) stores along with a drastic fall in the total number of stores is a striking trend in retail markets. In this paper we provide a dynamic structural model, controlling for unobserved prices and local market characteristics, to estimate total factor productivity in...

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Regression Analysis and Time Use Data A Comparison of Microeconometric Approaches with Data from the Swedish Time Use Survey (HUS)

Flood, Lennart; Gråsjö, Urban - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 1998

This study focuses on a comparison and evaluation of models and estimators appropriate for time-use data. The tobit type I as well as different generalizations are used. According to our findings, a simple tobit I method can produce results that are similar and in some cases even better to the...

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They seek it here, they seek it there, they seek it everywhere. But where is employment found?

Boman, Anders - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

market. This indicates positive selection; i.e. it is not so much the increased geographic scope per se that increases the …

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Assessing the Employment Effects of Labor Market Training Programs in Sweden

Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2002

unobservable characteristics, and allows selection into training to be determined in part by the trainee’s idiosyncratic treatment … effect. Furthermore, we investigate the importance of the unobservables in the selection to training and how efficient the … selection is with respect to the outcome. The results show small positive effects for the Swedish-born. The treatment on the …

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