Common values, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogenous entry in U.S. offshore oil lease auctions

University dropout is a politically and economically important factor. While a number of studies address this issue cross-sectionally by analyzing different cohorts, or retrospectively via questionnaires, few of them are truly longitudinal and focus on the individual as the unit of interest. In contrast to these studies, an individual differences perspective is adopted in the present paper. For this purpose, a hands-on introduction to a recently proposed structural equation (SEM) approach to discrete-time survival analysis is provided ( Muthén & Masyn, 2005 ). In a next step, a prospective study with N = 1096 students, observed across four semesters, is introduced. As expected, average university grade proved to be an important predictor of future dropout, while high-school grade-point average (GPA) yielded no incremental predictive validity but was completely mediated by university grade. Accounting for unobserved heterogeneity, three latent classes could be identified with differential predictor-criterion relations, suggesting the need to pay closer attention to the composition of the student population.

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Migration and the Internet

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v14i3.347 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 331-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Thomas John Cooke ◽

Ian Shuttleworth

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽

Panel Study ◽

The United States ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Using Data ◽

And Migration ◽

Dynamics Models

It is widely presumed that information and communication technologies, or ICTs, enable migration in several ways; primarily by reducing the costs of migration. However, a reconsideration of the relationship between ICTs and migration suggests that ICTs may just as well hinder migration; primarily by reducing the costs of not moving. Using data from the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics, models that control for sources of observed and unobserved heterogeneity indicate a strong negative effect of ICT use on inter-state migration within the United States. These results help to explain the long-term decline in internal migration within the United States.

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Multi-criteria assessment of a decision-making approach to choosing the optimal option in the projects of decommissioning of offshore oil and gas platforms

Automation Telemechanization and Communication in Oil Industry ◽

10.33285/0132-2222-2020-1(558)-23-30 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 23-30

Author(s):

V.P. Bezkorovainy ◽

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T.H. Le ◽

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Offshore Oil And Gas ◽

Offshore Oil

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Rеflection Technology for Developing Pedagogical Competences in Intercultural Education Environments

Педагогически форум ◽

10.15547/pf.2018.025 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Rumyana Neminska

Keyword(s):

Learning Environment ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Moral Dilemmas ◽

Intercultural Education ◽

Traditional Values ◽

Intercultural Learning ◽

Common Values ◽

Exchange Program ◽

Pedagogical Skills ◽

Pedagogical Environment

The Faculty of Pedagogy at Trakia University prepares students from different ethnic groups and students who are a part of the Erasmus+ exchange program. This intercultural environment reveals the opportunities for establishing common values in an intercultural learning environment through a broad intercommunication symbiosis. In an intercultural pedagogical interaction, students are given the opportunity to express their identity through the visualization of ideas, attitudes and thoughts. Art texts are used to introduce students to the traditional values of the unknown ethnicity and nationality as well as solving moral dilemmas, breaking stereotypes about behavior and overcoming prejudices. By using a five-module multimedia construct, the pedagogical environment allows students, in addition to personally reflecting on a particular problem, to develop pedagogical skills to guide the process.

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