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Browsing MWP Working Papers by Subject "C14"
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Title:The Public-Private Wage Differential in the West Bank and Gaza: Before and During the Second Intifada
Author(s):MIAARI, Sami H.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper measures the public-private wage differential in the West Bank and Gaza and describes its dynamics before and during the second Intifada using data from the Palestinian Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of the Palestinian ...
Title:How to Attain Minimax Risk with Applications to Distribution-Free Nonparametric Estimation and Testing
Author(s):SCHLAG, Karl H.Date:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We show how to a derive exact distribution-free nonparametric results for minimax risk when underlying random variables have known finite bounds and means are the only parameters of interest. Transform the data with a ...