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 5 of 5 for “"Instrumental variable analysis"”.
-
Essays on Sustainability in Agriculture and Food Systems
… of quality for agricultural products. Empirical analysis of production-level data supports these model predictions. The second research stream examines sustainability in food systems, specifically addressing the issue of food waste. In Chapter 3, we explore the impact of online grocery shopping …
-
Statistical issues in Mendelian randomization: use of genetic instrumental variables for assessing causal associations
… genetic variant satisfying the assumptions of an instrumental variable for the phenotype of interest can be used to divide a population into subgroups which differ systematically only in the phenotype. This gives a causal estimate which is asymptotically free of bias from confounding and reverse …
-
Youths of the Chinese Cultural Revolution: A Study on Early Life Sent-down Experience and Later Life Health
… health, by integrating inter- and intra-cohort analysis and intergenerational perspectives. First, I quantify the impact of the sent-down experience on later life health by comparing the CR cohort (born in 1947-1960) and their adjacent cohorts (born in 1935-1946 and 1961-1972), using a …
-
The Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on the Recidivism of High Risk Probationers: Results from a Randomized Trial
… and some forms of drug use are identified. An instrumental variable analysis is then used to better specify effect sizes in light of relatively high treatment dilution. Finally, implications for future research and public policy are discussed in Chapter 6. After 12 months, there were some …
-
Evaluating South African policies for linkage to and retention in HIV care using quasi-experimental methods
… follow-up and mortality). An intention-to-treat analysis revealed an estimated 11.3 percentage point decrease in attrition (95% CI: -22.0; -0.6) associated with the policy change, while a regression discontinuity analysis estimated an 18.0 percentage point drop in attrition (95% CI: -33.6; -2.4) …