Essays about: "Vera Lindén"

Found 2 essays containing the words Vera Lindén.

1. 1. A statistical analysis of gender representation in Swedish political reporting

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Vera Lindén; [2020]
   Keywords : gender; politics; quantitative text analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis examines gender representation in Swedish political media using text data from Dagens Nyheter (DN), Sweden's largest daily newspaper. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis provide evidence that there are discrepancies in the amount of coverage that men and women receive; both in terms of number of articles, and article length. READ MORE

3. 2. Needles in a haystack: a machine learning approach to instrumental variables selection

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Filip Mellgren; Vera Lindén; [2018]
   Keywords : instrumental variables; LASSO; L2boosting;

   Abstract : This paper explores the comparative merits of two different machine learning algorithms for variable selection in an instrumental variables (IV) setting with many weak instruments. We apply a new method, post-L2boosting, to Angrist and Krueger's (1991) classical paper about the effect of schooling on earnings. READ MORE