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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Recursive Bivariate probit"”.
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Exploring the relationship between obesity and the probability of gaining employment in the context of the South African labour market
… whether this issue exists for the dataset; a bivariate probit model to assess if there is a bivariate relationship between obesity and employment, and a recursive bivariate probit model to assess if obesity is an endogenous regressor of employment. A change in state univariate probit model is …
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The effect of health on the labour force outcome among working age individuals in the UK
… Longitudinal Survey of Aging, I utilised a recursive bivariate probit approach to test for the potential endogeneity of diabetes in employment outcomes. Parental history of diabetes was used as genetic instrumental variables. Results did not suggest that diabetes is endogenous. Investigation …
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The Psychological cost of Indebtedness in South Africa - Evidence from NIDS Wave 2 and 4
… firstly use cross-sectional data to estimate a probit model between debt and depression, while controlling for socioeconomic variables on the individual and the household they belong to. The results suggest that indebtedness is positively associated with depression. Debt and depression tend to …
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Essays on willingness and ability to pay for health insurance among informal sector workers in Sierra Leone
… This study used two approaches: a univariate probit (naive) model and a recursive bivariate probit method (RBPM). We use data from discrete choice experiment to estimate ability to pay for health insurance. Conditional on a set of covariates, the findings of the thesis suggest the following: …
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Effects of land tenure on soil and water conservation measures in Tanzania?s Kigoma Region
… Right of Occupancy (CCRO). A heteroskedastic probit model shows that CCROs are significantly, positively associated with tree planting. This demonstrates that a stronger land tenure programme can increase the use of long-term SWC measures on small-scale farms in Tanzania.
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Three essays on the adoption, impact, and pathways of climate-smart agriculture: An ex-post impact evaluation of a natural resource management intervention in southern Malawi
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