Essays about: "transition to higher parity"

Found 2 essays containing the words transition to higher parity.

1. 1. Testing for Unit Root Processes for South American Countries

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Stefan Emmoth; Nicklas Nordfors; [2016-02-18]
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   Abstract : In this thesis, we aim to test the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis on data from ten di erent South American countries, using di erent statistical methods. We begin by testing the hypothesis using the standard linear tests augmented Dickey-Fuller and Phillips-Perron. READ MORE

3. 2. The role of unobserved heterogeneity in transition to higher parity : evidence from Italy using Multiscopo survey

   University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Alessandra Carioli; [2009]
   Keywords : fertility; second demographic transition; transition to higher parity; education; Italy; Multiscopo; survival analysis; multiprocess modelling;

   Abstract : The paper uses data from 2003 Multiscopo Italian Survey to estimate education effects on fertility and in particular to determine how and to what degree does unobserved heterogeneity influence the estimated effects, that is to say how unobserved heterogeneity might bias estimates of effects of education on transition to 1st, 2nd and 3rd births. The peculiarity of this study is the implementation of a multiprocess approach, which allows for a broader and more efficient view of the phenomenon, studying jointly the transition to first, second and third or higher order births. READ MORE