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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Fixed effect model"”.
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Access for Whom? Examining Poor and Ethnic-minority Student Access at the Public Flagships
… and decreased student access are offered. A fixed-effect model is then constructed to evaluate proposed connections between university practices undergirded by the logic and access for both poor and ethnic-minority student populations. Results are discussed and the ramifications of the market …
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Power aspects of analysis of variance in various models.
… the errors, and (iii) normality of the errors in fixed and random effects models. It is difficult if not impossible, to conduct an exhaustive study of the problem, because the above assumptions can be violated in many ways. However, a general model and some important particular models have been …
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Causal inference with time-series cross-sectional data : with applications to positive political economy
… sciences. Researchers often rely on two-way fixed effect models to estimate causal quantities of interest with TSCS data. However, they face the challenge that such models are not applicable when the so called "parallel trends" assumption fails, that is, the average treated counterfactual and …
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An investigation into the effect of non-performing loans on the profitability of commercial banks in Namibia
This study investigates the effect of non-performing loans on the profitability of major commercial banks in Namibia for the period 2015 to 2020. In order to achieve this objective, pooled annual data for six commercial banks obtained from the banks’ financial statements was used to estimate panel …
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The Determinants of Student Cross-Border Migration: An Applied Microeconomic Analysis
… students. To analyze this, a two-way fixed effect model is derived from a conventional random utility maximization framework for optimal location choice. The model suggests that the harmonization of the education system across countries enhances student mobility between nations by …
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Three essays on biofuel, weather and corn yield
… the U.S. and Brazil using a computable trade model of ethanol related markets between the U.S. and Brazil. And we estimate the impact of RFS on biofuel prices, agricultural commodity prices using a stochastic partial equilibrium model. Chapter 3 develops a linear spline fixed effect model to …
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Impact of South Africa's older persons' grant on the labour market outcome of prime age individuals
… study makes use of pooled OLS and an Individual Fixed Effect model to estimate different equation specifications which control for various factors. To facilitate better comparison with previous literature, certain regression specifications in both the cross section and Panel evaluation methods …
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Some statistical problems in sequential meta-analysis
… recent studies show that the magnitude of effect size estimates reported in many areas of research have significantly changed over time. These temporal trends can be dramatic and even lead to the loss or gain of the statistical significance of the cumulative treatment effect (Kulinskaya and …
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Low engagement and failed choices : exploring the mechanism for harbingers of failure
… paper proposes an explanation for the harbinger effect. We establish consumer engagement in decision making as one mechanism for the harbinger effect using evidence from multiple studies. We show that harbingers are less engaged in purchasing decisions. Harbinger customers identified from …
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Evaluating the impact of higher education on income poverty in South Africa
… acquisition of higher education may be the most effective antipoverty mechanism among South Africa. This study investigates the impact of higher education on income poverty in South Africa. To conduct this analysis, we utilized data from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) spanning from …
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Exploring Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy, and Consumption: Insights From Middle East and North Africa Nations and Oil-Exporting Countries
… the pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) model, the fixed effect model, the random effect model, and the Fully Modified OLS model. The dataset used in the study comprised 12 selected MENA countries and spanned the period 1995 to 2021. The results showed that the previous year’s Monetary …
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The impact of innovation on corporate emission
… polluting industries. The results under the fixed effect model reveal a nuanced and evolving influence. Green capital expenditure consistently reduces Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 1 & 2 (direct and energy-related indirect) emissions, particularly for "All Industry" and "High Polluting" groups. …
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An analysis of the impact of capital structure on the financial performance of firms listed on the Namibian stock exchange
… variable namely capital structure. Three models were produced for each profitability variable (Y). The study employed panel data regression with pooled, fixed effect and random effect regression. Among the three methodologies, this study found that random effect regression is more …
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The relationship between urinary organophosphate pesticide metabolites and asthma-related outcomes at 12-month follow-up in school children residing in informal settlements in the Western Cape
… across all areas. In the linear mixed and fixed effect model, no consistent patterns of increased risk of new asthma-associated outcomes at the 12-month was found. However, there was a significant increase in airway inflammation (β:2.99 (95% CI: 0.48 - 5.50) in the 3rd DEP quintile (1.9 – …
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Essays on Intra-Household Bargaining Power of Women in India
… the two broad topics – household bargaining models and gendered institutions, that can be used to identify avenues for increasing women's bargaining power within the household. In chapters three and four, I analyze the factors that determine women's power position, using data on women's …
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Approximation of Quantiles of Rank Test Statistics Using Almost Sure Limit Theorems
… known trend and umbrella patterns in the main effects of three widely used factorial designs: a two-factor fixed effect model, a partial hierarchical repeated measures mixed effect model, and a mixed effect cross-classification repeated measures model. We also test for patterned alternatives in …
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Disuguaglianze sociali nella salute, tra eterogeneità individuale e fattori sociali di rischio
… chapter in which I describe the data and the model I use in the following chapters. As far as the data, I use both cross sectional (the Multiscopo “Aspetti della vita Quotidiana”, ISTAT and twins data coming from the “Italian Twin Registry”) and panel data (the European Community Household …
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Three essays on health economics and international trade
… of the divergent expectations (DE) litigation model. The model predicts, consistent with the data, that physicians have a more realistic analysis of med-mal litigation if they have prior experience. Many robustness checks are carried out to test the results, including using a fixed effect …
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Industrial Organization Effects of High-Speed Rail Service Introduction in Korea
… the introduction of high-speed train using a fixed effect model and a difference in differences model. My results show the significant impact of the introduction of high-speed train on the entire transportation industry and provide evidence that modes of transportation not only compete but …
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Decentralization and health performance in Italy: theoretical and empirical issues
… 17 years (from 1996 to 2012), applying a linear Fixed-Effect model. Two different quantitative measures of fiscal decentralization are used, which capture the degree of regional decision-making autonomy in the allocation of tax revenues and the extent of regional transfer dependency from the …
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