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Econometrics Paper

ESTIMATING FEATURES OF A DISTRIBUTION FROM BINOMIAL DATA

Arthur Lewbel, Oliver Linton and DL McFadden

A statistical problem that arises in several fields is that of estimating the features of an unknown distribution, which may be conditioned on covariates, using a sample of binomial observations on whether draws from thi...Read more...

September 2006

Econometrics Paper

Nonparametric Censored and Truncated Regression

Arthur Lewbel and Oliver Linton

The nonparametric censored regression model, with a fixed, known censoring point (normalized to zero), is y = max[0,m(x) + e], where both the regression function m(x) and the distribution of the error e are unknown. This...Read more...

April 2000

DARP Paper

Prediction and Sufficiency in the Model Factor Analysis

Ramses H. Abul Naga

We contrast two approaches to the prediction of latent variables in the model of factor analysis. The likelihood statistic is a sufficient statistic for the unobservables when sampling arises from the exponential family ...Read more...

November 1997

DARP Paper

Identifying the Poor: A Multiple Indicator Approach

Ramses H. Abul Naga

The standard approach to the study of poverty assumes the existence of an ideal variable that captures the extent of deprivation. In this paper we postulate that poverty is involved with many dimensions. We use a latent ...Read more...

June 1994