The present study uses probabilistic models of corpus data in a novel way, to measure and compare the syntactic predictive capacities of speakers of different varieties of the same language. The study finds that speakers’ knowledge of probabilistic grammatical choices can vary across different varieties of the same language and can be detected psycholinguistically in the individual. In three pa...

This paper explores the homogeneity of coefficient functions in nonlinear models with functional coefficients and identifies underlying semiparametric modelling structure. With initial kernel estimates, we combine classic hierarchical clustering method a generalised version information criterion to estimate number clusters, each which has common coefficient, determine membership cluster. To ide...

Standard economic models tend to be more speci…c about pecuniary payo¤s than non-pecuniary payo¤s to education. Based on Akerlof and Kranton (2000), we consider a model of career choice and identity where individuals derive nonpecuniary identity payo¤s. Using factor analysis on a range of attitude questions, we …nd two factors related to identity (career orientation and social orientation), whi...