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Changing Agrarian Landscapes Across America: A Comparative Perspective
(Oxford University Press, 2008)
Proximity to death and participation in the long-term care market
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-08)
The extent to which increasing longevity increases per capita demand for long-term care depends on the degree to which utilization is concentrated at the end of life. We estimate the marginal effect of proximity to death, ...
An experimental design for the development of adaptive treatment strategies
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-05-30)
In adaptive treatment strategies, the treatment level and type is repeatedly adjusted according to ongoing individual response. Since past treatment may have delayed effects, the development of these treatment strategies ...
Estimation of the proportion of overweight individuals in small areas—a robust extension of the Fay–Herriot model
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-06-15)
Hierarchical model such as Fay–Herriot (FH) model is often used in small area estimation. The method might perform well overall but is vulnerable to outliers. We propose a robust extension of the FH model by assuming the ...
Land Use and First Birth Timing in an Agricultural Setting
(2007)
The dramatic changes in the earth’s landscape have prompted increased
interest in the links between population, land use, and land cover. Previous research
emphasized the notion of population pressure (population pressure ...
Social environmental impacts on survey cooperation
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-05)
Social environmental influences on survey cooperation are explored using data from six national household surveys in the United States matched to 1990 decennial census data. Consistent with the past literature on prosocial ...