Ideas about PhD topic in Labour Economics/Econometrics?

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Instrument for unemployment?

Hi everybody, does anyone have a good idea for an instrument for unemployment rates? It should be enogenous to GDP growth and crime rates. Any references to literature would also be appreciated,...

03 April 2018 4,332 3 View

Package for simultaneous equation models with spatial errors?

Hi, I'm seeking to estimate a simultaneous equation model (perferably with ML/GMM and not 3SLS). But my data exhibits spatial dependencies that have to be controlled for, e.g. by using a spatial...

02 March 2018 1,307 5 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

In Molecular Dynamics Simulation, how do I make changes to the force field according to my protein?

Hi In Molecular Dynamics Simulation, how do I make changes to the force field according to my protein? I got this error in the add-ion stage: Fatal error "./ amber99sb-ildn-HHH.ff / force...

01 March 2021 8,747 4 View

What are possible instrumental variables for business dynamics (firm entry/exit)?

Dear All, For my paper, I use business dynamics (firm entry/exit rates) as an independent variable in the econometric part. Due to endogeneity I follow a 2SLS approach, for which I need a...

28 February 2021 5,322 3 View

VIF very high, but correlation is low and coefficient is significant. Which one whould I choose?

Hello. I have a question whether if my coefficients (statistically significant) would be valid when VIFs are really high. In my model, there are independent variables(IV), moderating variables...

26 February 2021 956 13 View

Data Analysis K-S and S-W tests?

Hello, I have conducted analysis where the K-W and S-W have come out as p

25 February 2021 9,648 3 View

Statistics: include groups of respondents made by one person for analysis?

Good morning, I could not find literature about this so I am asking. I am organizing data for a questionnaire (N=100) that foresees some personal questions like level of education. For the aim...

25 February 2021 2,090 4 View

Can we recognize signs of the "volatility clustering" property of a time series in its time domain plot?

My purpose is to recognize the volatility clustering property without statistical tests such as The Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test.

24 February 2021 4,150 3 View

How to estimate 2SLS with different instruments for different endogenous variables?

To be specific, I want to conduct an IV regression in stata with the following three equations. EQ1: Y1 ~Y2 Y3 X EQ2: Y2 ~ Z1 EQ3: Y3 ~ Z2 Both Y2 and Y3 are endogenous. However, Z1 and Z2 are...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

Why does the sum of reaction forces not match the force component of a Free Body Cut in Abaqus?

I am using Abaqus to simulate a plate with in-plane loading. The boundary conditions allow the right edge to move up and down, the displacements on the left edge are fixed. There is no rotation...

23 February 2021 711 3 View

Rajendra Poudel

Depends on what tools, methods and your professor wants to accomplish in his/her funded project.

Econometrics: (just a hypothetical topic ....) - Spatial or time series analysis of [xxxxxxx] service/products in [xxxxxxx] county/region/country.

Waqas Mahmood

You might study impact of Brexit on main land Europe labor , but all Depends on what tools, methods and your professor wants you to use.

Tim Umbach

Thanks for your ideas so far.

There isn't really a restriction on methodor tools. This is more my personal brainstorm :)