Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63070 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 2003,25
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
We conduct extensive Monte Carlo experiments on non-parametric estimations of duration models with unknown duration dependence and unknown mixing distribution for unobserved heterogeneity. We propose a full non-parametric maximum likelihood approach, based on time-varying lagged explanatory covariates from observational data. By utilising this data-based identification source, we find that both duration dependence and unobserved heterogeneity can be reliably estimated. Our Monte Carlo evidences show that variation in time-varying lagged explanatory variables contributes to the identification of both duration dependence and unobserved heterogeneity, especially when sample sizes are limited. For limited sample sizes, maximum penalised likelihood with information criteria seems to produce more accurate estimators than pure maximum likelihood. Our approach can be easily extended to multivariate competing risks model with dependent unobserved heterogeneities.
Subjects: 
duration dependence
unobserved heterogeneity
non-parametric estimation
Monte Carlo study
time-varying covariates
JEL: 
C14
C15
C41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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