On some statistical methods for modelling the incidence of poverty

Article Abstract:

A coherent approach to the estimation of conditional poverty indices is proposed. The method requires the estimation of a model of the income distribution conditional on a set of explanatory covariates using a semi-nonparametric specification, followed by calculation of any desired poverty indices from the estimated model. It avoids the three serious flaws that are evident in the logit/probit technique which is a common method of estimating the pattern of individual characteristics associated with poverty.

Methods, Poverty, Statistics, Statistics (Data)

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Specification tests for the competing risks duration model: an application to unemployment duration and sectoral movement

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Three distinct approaches are formulated which are applied to a model of male unemployment duration to assess reemployment practices. The first is a general test for misspecification while the last two involve null hypotheses found on the boundary of the parameter space. The study shows that workers who are well matched at a given job or industry level may be less mobile across industries. The study also suggests that these workers have longer unemployment spells.

Unemployment, Unemployment insurance

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Gender and racial discrimination in pay and promotion for NHS nurses

Article Abstract:

Research into the allegations that the British National Health Service regarding promotion and pay in regards to nurses is presented. Race and gender are the two factors that are looked into.

United Kingdom, Health Care, Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Nurses, Statistical Data Included, Human resource management, Health care industry, Medical care, Employment, United Kingdom. National Health Service, Employment discrimination

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