This paper estimates threshold regression models with an endogenous variable using a nonparametric control function approach. Assuming diminishing effects, we derive the consistency and limiting distribution of our proposed estimator constructed from series approximation method for weakly dependent data. In addition, propose test endogeneity variable, which is valid regardless whether effects e...

Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions related to aging, and previous descriptive evidence links it to early exit from the labor market. These studies are usually based on self-reported hearing difficulties, which are potentially endogenous to labor supply. We use unique representative data collected in the spring of 2005 through in-home interviews. The data contains self-reported fu...

Purpose This study aims to examine whether the age and tenure of chair board directors are related research development (R&D) investment in China. Design/methodology/approach uses A-share manufacturing firms that traded on Shanghai Shenzhen stock exchange between 2009 2018. OLS regressions, controls for self-selection bias, an instrumental variable alleviate concern endogeneity. Findings fi...

Labor courts play an important role in determining the effective level of labor market regulation in Germany, but their application of law may not be even-handed. Based on a theoretical model of the legal process and a new panel data set, we identify a nomination bias in labor court activity – that is, court activity varies systematically with the political leaning of the government that has ap...

We investigate the effect of union membership on job satisfaction. Whilst it is common to study the effects of union status on satisfaction treating individual membership as given, in this paper, we account for the endogenous selection induced by the sorting of workers into unionised jobs. Using linked employer-employee data from the 1998 British Workplace Employee Relations Survey, we address ...