Sökning: "Ordered logit"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ordered logit.
1. Pharmacometric Methods and Novel Models for Discrete Data
Sammanfattning : Pharmacodynamic processes and disease progression are increasingly characterized with pharmacometric models. However, modelling options for discrete-type responses remain limited, although these response variables are commonly encountered clinical endpoints. Types of data defined as discrete data are generally ordinal, e.g. LÄS MER
2. Essays on the Determinants and Measurement of Subjective Well-Being
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in economics, all concerned with different aspects of subjective well-being. The abstracts of the four studies are as follows.Beyond Income: The Importance for Life Satisfaction of Having Access to a Cash Margin. LÄS MER
3. Phantom of the Neighbourhood : Longitudinal Studies on Area-based Conditions and Individual Outcomes
Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of three self-contained but interrelated empirical studies focusing on theoretical, empirical and political questions in the multidisciplinary field of neighbourhood effect research. Along with a comprehensive introductory essay, each study addresses questions concerning the potential influence of neighbourhood characteristics on individual social and economic outcomes at different life stages. LÄS MER
4. Forest Dependence in Developing Countries : Analysis of household perceptions, energy, and food security in Tanzania
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores forest dependence in developing countries by examining households’ perceptions about their forest use and dependence, energy choices and the links between forests and food security in a case study of Tanzania. Paper (I) reviews selected economic literature related to the role of household heterogeneities on forest dependence and on energy choices. LÄS MER
5. Making Equity in Public Transport Count
Sammanfattning : Political and public focus on equity and justice outcomes of public policies is on the rise all over the world. Equity is both philosophically motivated and often decreed by law and in planning directives to be monitored when policies are changed, however oftentimes these equity assessments are vague, qualitative and carries low weight in policy decision processes. LÄS MER