Dr. Tom Mroz

Papers and Publications by Tom Mroz

Discrete Factor Approximations in Simultaneous Equation Models: Estimating the Impact of a Dummy Endogenous Variable on a Continuous Outcome

Overfitting and Biases in Nonparametric Kernel Regressions Using Cross-Validated Bandwidths: A Cautionary Tale

Estimating the Effects of Covariates on Health Expenditures Donna B. Gilleskie & Thomas A. Mroz

 

Links to Papers:

“The Long-Term Effects of Youth Unemployment,” with Timothy H. Savage, forthcoming,
Journal of Human Resources.

“The Effects of Education and Family Planning Programs on Fertility in Indonesia,” with G.
Angeles and D. Guilkey, forthcoming, Economic Development and Cultural Change.

“The Determinants of Fertility in Rural Peru: Program Effects in the Early Years of the National
Family Planning Program,” with G. Angeles and D. Guilkey, forthcoming, Journal of Population
Economics.

“The Impact of Community Level Variables on Individual Level Outcomes: Theoretical Results
and Applications,” with G. Angeles and D. Guilkey, Sociological Methods and Research, Vol.
34, No. 1, pp. 76-121, 2005.

“Within- and Between-Person Variation in Nutrient Intakes of Russian and U.S. Children Differs
by Sex and Age,” with L. Jahns, A. Carriquiry, L. Arab, and B. Popkin, Journal of Nutrition,
Vol. 134, No. 11, pp. 3114-3120, 2004.

“Rapid Income Growth Adversely Affects Diet Quality in China Particularly for the
Poor” (with S. Du, F. Zhai, and B.M. Popkin), Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 59, pp.1505-
1515, 2004.

“A Flexible Approach for Estimating the Effects of Covariates on Health Expenditures”, (with
D. Gilleskie), Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp, 391-418, March 2004.

“Stochastic Dynamic Optimization Models with Random Effects in Parameters: An Application
to Age at Marriage and Life-cycle Fertility Control in France under the Old Regime", (with D.
Weir) in History Matters: Essays in Honor of Paul A. David, T. Guinnane, W. Sundstrom, and
W. Whatley). Stanford University Press, 2003.

The effects of education and family planning programs on fertility in Indonesia : Carolina Population Center Library Electronic Resources, 2003

How and when should one control for endogenity biases? Part I: The impact of a possibly endogenous explanatory variable on a continuous outcome : Carolina Population Center Library Electronic Resources, 2002

Monitoring economic conditions in the Russian federation : the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, 1992-2001 : Carolina Population Center Library Electronic Resources, 2002

The impact of community level variables on individual level outcomes : theoretical results and demographic applications : Carolina Population Center Library, 2002

The determinants of fertility in rural Peru : program effects in the early years of the national family planning program : Carolina Population Center Library Electronic Resources, 2001

A meta-analysis of the impact of family planning programs on fertility preferences, contraceptive method choice and fertility : Carolina Population Center Library, 2001

A simple guide to using multilevel models for the evaluation of program impacts : Carolina Population Center Library Electronic Resources, 2001

"Structural Changes in the Impact of Income on Food Consumption in China, 1989-93." (with X.
Guo, B. Popkin, and F. Zhai, Economic Development and Cultural Change , Vol. 48: No. 4,
pp.737-760, July 2000.

"Editorial: Symposium on Gender Differences in Transition to Market Economies", (with K.
Zimmermann), Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 279-281, 2000.

"The Gender Gap in Wages in Russia from 1992 to 1995", (with E. Glinskaya), Journal of
Population Economics, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 353-386, 2000.

"Discrete Factor Approximations for Use in Simultaneous Equation Models: Estimating the
Impact of a Dummy Endogenous Variable on a Continuous Outcome", Journal of
Econometrics, Vol. 92, pp.233-274, 1999.

"Food Price Policy Can Favorably Alter Macronutrient Intake in China" ,(with X. Guo, B.
Popkin, and F. Zhai), Journal of Nutrition, Vol 129, pp. 994-1001, 1999.

"The Effect of Maternal and Child Health Service Utilization on Subsequent Contraceptive Use
in Morocco", (with D. Hotchkiss, R. Magnani, J. Rous, M. Azelmat, and J. Heikel), Journal of
Biosocial Science, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp.145-165, April 1999.

"Quality, Access, and Contraceptive Use in Rural Tanzania", (with K. Bollen, I. Speizer, and D.
Mancini), Demography, Vol. 36, No. 1, February 1999, pp.23-40.

"Monitoring the Economic Transition in the Russian Federation -- The Russian Longitudinal
Monitoring Survey", (with N. Zohoori, B. Popkin, E. Glinskaya, M. Lokshin, D. Mancini, P.
Kozyreva,, and M. Kosolapov), World Development, Vol. 26, No. 11, pp. 1977-93, 1998.

"The Relationship Between Substance Use and Labor Supply for Young Men", (with G. Zarkin,
J. Bray, and M. French), Labour Economics. Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 385-409, December 1998.

"Purposive Program Placement and the Estimation of Program Effects: The Impact of Family
Planning Programs in Tanzania", (with G. Angeles and D. Guilkey), Journal of the American
Statistical Association, Vol .93:(443), pp.884-889, September 1998.

"An Evaluation of the NLSY", (with T. MaCurdy and M. Gritz), Journal of Human Resources,
Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, pp. 345-436, Spring 1998.

"Alcohol Use and Wages: New Results from the National Household Survey on Drug Use",
(with G. Zarkin, M. French, and J. Bray), Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 17,No. 1, pp. 53-
68, January 1998.

"The Structure and Experience of State Risk Pools:1988-1994", (with S. Stearns, R. Slifkin, and
K. Thorpe). Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp.223-238, June 1997.

"Premium Increases and Disenrollment from State Risk Pools", (with S. Stearns). Inquiry, Vol.
32, No. 4, pp. 392-406, Winter 1995/1996.

"Poverty and the Economic Transition in Russia", (with B. Popkin), Economic Development and
Cultural Change. Vol. 44, No. 1, pp.1-31., October 1995.

"Binary Outcomes and Endogenous Explanatory Variables: Tests and Solutions with an
Application to the Demand for Contraceptive Use in Tunisia", (with K. Bollen and D. Guilkey),
Demography, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp.111-131, February 1995.

"Family Structure and Physicians' Hours in Large, Multi-Specialty Groups", (with R. Lee),
Inquiry, Vol. 28, pp. 366-374, Winter 1991.

"Structural Change in Life Cycle Fertility During the Fertility Transition: France Before and
After the Revolution of 1789", (with D. Weir). Population Studies, Vol. 44, pp. 61-87, March
1990.

"Evidence of Fertility Regulation Among Rural French Villagers, 1749-1789: A Sequential
Econometric Model of Birth-Spacing Behavior (Part 1)", (with P. David). European Journal of
Population, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-26, 1989, .

"Cohort Parity Analysis: Statistical Estimates of the Extent of Fertility Control", (with P. David,
W. Sanderson, K. Wachter, and D. Weir). Demography, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 163-188, 1988.

"The Sensitivity of an Empirical Model of Married Women's Hours of Work to Economic and
Statistical Assumptions", Econometrica, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 765-799, 1987.

 

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