Schafgans, Marcia


Dr Marcia Schafgans  

Department

Position held

Department of Economics

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Experience keywords:

discrimination; education; econometrics; development economics; bandwidth selection; semiparametric econometrics; sample selection models; programme evaluation; limited dependent variable models; nonparametric econometrics; applied micro-econometrics; household decision making; fertility

Languages:

German [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]; French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Dutch [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7487

Publications

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2011

Kotlyarova, Yulia and Schafgans, Marcia M. A. and Zinde‐Walsh, Victoria (2011) Adapting kernel estimation to uncertain smoothness. Econometrics Papers, EM/2011/557. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2010

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. and Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (2010) Smoothness adaptive average derivative estimation. Econometrics journal, 13 (1). pp. 40-62. ISSN 1368-423X

2008

Donkers, Bas and Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (2008) Specification and estimation of semiparametric multiple-index models. Econometric theory, 24 (06). ISSN 0266-4666

2006

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. and Stelcnery, Morton (2006) Selectivity and the gender wage gap decomposition in the presence of a joint decision process. Econometrics Papers, EM/2006/513. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2005

Donkers, Bas and Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (2005) A method of moments estimator for semiparametric index models. Econometrics Papers, EM/2005/493. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2004

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (2004) Finite sample properties for the semiparametric estimation of the intercept of a censored regression model. Statistica Neerlandica, 58 (1). pp. 35-56. ISSN 0039-0402

2003

Donkers, Bas and Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (2003) A derivative based estimator for semiparametric index models. CentER discussion paper, 22. Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

2002

Schafgans, Marcia M.A. and Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (2002) On intercept estimation in the sample selection model. Econometric theory, 18 (1). pp. 40-50. ISSN 1469-4360

2000

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. and Zinde-Walsh, Victoria (2000) On intercept estimation in the sample selection model. EM, 380. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1998

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (1998) Ethnic wage differences in Malaysia: parametric and semiparametric estimation of the Chinese-Malay wage gap. Journal of applied econometrics, 13 (5). pp. 481-504. ISSN 1099-1255

Schafgans, Marcia M. A and Andrews, Donald W. K. (1998) Semiparametric estimation of the intercept of a sample selection model. Review of economic studies, 65 (3). pp. 497-517. ISSN 1467-937X

1994

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (1994) A model of household decision making in rural Kenya: fertility and education. In: Saito, Katrine A. and Spurling, Daphne and Mekonnen, Hailu, (eds.) Raising the productivity of women farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank, Washington, USA. ISBN 0821327496

1991

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (1991) The extent and impact of women's contribution in Peru, a descriptive analysis. In: Herz, Barbara K and Khandker, Shahidur R, (eds.) Women’s work, education, and family welfare in Peru. World Bank, Washington. ISBN 0821317741

Schafgans, Marcia M. A. (1991) Fertility determinants in Peru, a quantity-quality analysis. In: Herz, Barbara K and Shahidur R, Khandker, (eds.) Women’s work, education, and family welfare in Peru. World Bank, Washington, USA. ISBN 0821317741

1990

Schafgans, Marcia M.A. and Koedijk, Kees G (1990) The tail index of exchange rate returns. Journal of international economics, 29 (1-2). pp. 93-108. ISSN 0022-1996

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