Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Discrete-time hazard model"”.
-
Environmental health hazards on under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa : analysis using multilevel discrete-time hazard model
Environmental health hazards are pathogens and chemicals in the environment, which can cause health problems. The importance of such environmental factors in child health and survival are acknowledged in the literature. However, empirical researches on the effect of environmental health hazards on …
-
The initial unemployment duration of immigrants to Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain
… to the Cape Town labour market by means of a discrete-time duration analysis of the time taken to find work after arrival. Low exit rates from unemployment mean that the pool of long-term unemployed stays large and puts pressure on government resources that are required to try and prevent …
-
The effect of health on the labour force outcome among working age individuals in the UK
… was estimated. Factor analysis was used to model health as an unobservable concept with two correlated dimensions (mental and physical). Past mental and physical health status as well as mental and physical health deteriorations had significant effects on exit from employment. In the second …
-
Three Essays on the Economics of Sport
… Go Home: Why College Football Coaches Get Fired Models of dismissals of sports executives frequently ignore the development of expectations regarding performance. I explore the interplay between these expectations and the coachs tenure by examining dismissals of college football head coaches from …
-
Variable selection in discrete survival models
… is vital in high dimensional statistical modelling as it aims to identify the right subset model. However, variable selection for discrete survival analysis poses many challenges due to a complicated data structure. Survival data might have unobserved heterogeneity leading to biased …
-
Complexity and fragility: an assessment of New Zealand trade relations
… by sequence and an application of the discrete-time hazard model of survival analysis. To be more specific, the second study examines New Zealand horticulture imports from 1989 to 2019. The results indicate that around 58 per cent of the trade relationships had survived only one year, …