Documents et rapports
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Retention of basic skills among dropouts from Egyptian primary schools (anglais)
Over the past fifty years, various studies have attempted to document the alleged loss of literacy and numeracy skills afflicting dropouts from primary schools in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). These...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD171 Date du document: 1 mai 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John,Swanson,Eric Valdeman
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Neoclassical econometrics : non-negativity constraints (anglais)
The paper considers the problem of determining the parameters in equality-constrained neoclassical economic models in which the decision variables are also constrained to be non-negative. Such problems...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD137 Date du document: 1 octobre 1985 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John
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Neoclassical econometrics : the kernel (anglais)
This paper considers the problem of determining the parameters in equality-constrained neoclassical models frequently encountered in economic analysis. These include the utility-maximizing household, subject...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD136 Date du document: 1 octobre 1985 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John
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The tree crop problem (anglais)
The paper considers the problem of formulating and calibrating a general neoclassical prototype model for the supply of tree crops. Previous approaches to the problem are reviewed and various agronomic...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD134 Date du document: 1 octobre 1985 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bellman, Richard E. ,Hartley,Michael John
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Calibration of macroeconomic models with incomplete data : a systems approach (anglais)
The paper addresses the problem of calibration of the parameters in a macroeconomic model in the situation, which is typical of LDCs, where the time series data are incomplete. A three-stage systems approach...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD179 Date du document: 1 avril 1985 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John
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Neoclassical econometrics : the agenda (anglais)
The paper proposes a new approach to econometric modeling and parameter estimation which permits the construction of macro-econometric models from general microeconomic-foundations. It provides, inter-alia...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD47 Date du document: 1 janvier 1983 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John
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Econometric methods for agricultural supply under uncertainty : fertilizer use and crop response (anglais)
The paper develops general econometric methods for the treatment of modelling decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and risk. The problem of modelling fertilizer use and crop response in the...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD46 Date du document: 1 mars 1982 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John
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Neoclassical econometrics - part two : motivation and synthesis (anglais)
The paper proposes a new approach to econometric modeling and parameter estimation which permits the construction of Macro econometric models from general Microeconomic foundations. It provides, inter...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD45 Date du document: 1 décembre 1981 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John
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The measurement of learning and retention curves for basic skills in Egyptian primary education I : an application of censored analysis of variance - maximum likelihood estimation of the truncated and censored normal regression models (anglais)
Educational systems characterized by high dropout rates are said to incur 'educational wastage,' implying that resources expended on students who drop out are entirely wasted if the student lapses into...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD49 Date du document: 1 août 1980 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hartley,Michael John,Swanson,Eric Valdeman