Search for dissertations about: "endogeneity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the word endogeneity.
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1. Statistical aspects of modeling panel data originating from smallholder household surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam
Abstract : This thesis focuses on multivariate multilevel modeling of panel data originated from smallholder farm surveys in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and Vietnam to investigate driving forces in maize and rice production in SSA and diversification of farms in the rice sector in Vietnam. We also present and evaluate different tests for endogeneity in explanatory binary variables in multivariate linear regression models. READ MORE
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2. Empirical Essays on Housing Allowance, Housing Wealth, and Aggregate Consumption
Abstract : This dissertation consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Cecilia Enström Öst) investigates whether housing allowance affects recipients’ tenure choice in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. Study I draws on newly collected survey data to assess the biases that arise in estimating socioeconomic differences in achievement when relying on parent and student reported data on social background. READ MORE
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4. Income Generation in the African and Coloured Population: Three essays on the origins of household incomes in South Africa
Abstract : The dissertation comprises three empirical analyses focusing on the origins of South African households? income sources. The income sources are categorized to reflect the households? varying extent of economic core sector integration. READ MORE
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5. Economic policy in health care : Sickness absence and pharmaceutical costs
Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four papers. The first two concerns health care and sickness absence, and the last two pharmaceutical costs and prices. Paper [I] presents an economic federation model which resembles the situation in, for example, Sweden. READ MORE