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A note on the Weibull distribution and time aggregation bias

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  • Knut Røed
  • Tao Zhang

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The application of continuous time Weibull models on discrete unemployment duration data may result in severely biased baseline estimates. The bias can be substantial even for weekly duration data, and it is seriously aggravated if the Weibull model is erroneously mixed with a Gamma distribution for unobserved heterogeneity.

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  • Knut Røed & Tao Zhang, 2002. "A note on the Weibull distribution and time aggregation bias," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(7), pages 469-472.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:9:y:2002:i:7:p:469-472
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850110096340
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