This paper uses longitudinal survey data to test the degree to which measures of job insecurity are correlated with changes in labour market status. Three major findings are reported. First, the perceived probability of job loss is only weakly related to both exogenous job separations and...

We consider a multidimensional, continuous-time model where the observation process is a diffusion with drift and volatility coefficients being modeled as continuous-time, finite-state Markov chains with a common state process. For the econometric estimation of the states for drift and...

This paper describes the estimation of a general Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition of the mean outcome differential of linear and nonlinear regression models. Departing from this general model, we show how it can be applied to different models with discrete and limited dependent variables.

PanelWhiz plugins are modular data-cleaning programs for specific items in PanelWhiz. Each plugin is designed to recode, deflate, and change existing variables being extracted in a panel-data retrieval. Furthermore, new variables can be generated on the fly. The PanelWhiz plugin system is a...

Das Offshoring von IT-Dienstleistungen verspricht signifikante Kosteneinsparungen für hiesige Unternehmen. Viele Offshoring-Projekte erfüllen jedoch aufgrund der besonderen Herausforderungen nicht die in sie gesteckten Erwartungen. Lösungsansätze für diese Herausforderungen liegen im Aufbau...

Stata is quite simple to use for smaller ado-packages stored on user web pages. However, when the number of files in a package becomes large and the files need to be updated regularly, this task becomes cumbersome. Package updates could take a long time to complete. Here a method of storing...

We consider a multidimensional, continuous-time model where the observation process is a diffusion with drift and volatility coefficients being modeled as continuous-time, finite-state Markov chains with a common state process. For the econometric estimation of the states for drift and...