Nonparametric bound estimation of a production function which has a decreasing or increasing marginal returns

• Project/Area Number: 21530167
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: OKUMURA Tsunao 横浜国立大学, 国際社会科学研究科, 教授 (90323922)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 限界生産性逓減 / 生産関数 / ノンパラメトリック / セミパラメトリック / 教育の効果

Research Abstract

I have identified the sharp bounds on a production function which has a decreasing marginal returns and endogenous independent variables. Then, I have estimated the bounds on the returns to schooling and their confidence intervals.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Nonparametric Estimation of Labor Supply and Demand Factors (2011)
  • Author(s): Tsunao Okumura
  • Journal Title: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics Volume: 29 Pages: 174-185
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effect of Pension Reform on Pension-Benefit Expectations and Savings Decisions in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Tsunao Okumura, Emiko Usui
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Volume: 11-E-065
• [Journal Article] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2011)
  • Author(s): Tsunao Okumura, Emiko Usui
  • Journal Title: IZA Discussion Paper Volume: 4986 Pages: 1-42
• [Journal Article] Effect of Pension Reform on Pension- Benefit Expectations and Savings Decisions in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Tsunao Okumura, Emiko Usui
  • Journal Title: RIETI Discussion Paper Volume: 11-E-065
• [Journal Article] Do Parents' Social Skills Influence Their Children's Sociability? (2010)
  • Author(s): Tsunao Okumura, Emiko Usui
  • Journal Title: IZA Discussion Paper Volume: 5324 Pages: 1-45
• [Journal Article] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : Withan Application to the Returns to Schooling (2010)
  • Author(s): Tsunao Okumura, Emiko Usui
  • Journal Title: IZA Discussion Paper Volume: 4986 Pages: 1-42
• [Presentation] Effect of Pension Reform on Pension-Benefit Expectations and Savings Decisions in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): 臼井恵美子(奥村綱雄との共著論文の発表)
  • Organizer: RIETI-RAND Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-30
• [Presentation] Effect of Pension Reform on Pension-Benefit Expectations and Savings Decisions in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): 臼井恵美子
  • Organizer: RIETIRAND Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-23
• [Presentation] Intergenerational Transmission of Skills and Differences in Labor Market Outcomes for Blacks and Whites (2011)
  • Author(s): 臼井恵美子(奥村綱雄との共著論文の発表)
  • Organizer: Applied Econometrics Workshop, Faculty of Economics, Ritsumeikan University
  • Place of Presentation: 京都グランビアホテル
  • Year and Date: 2011-02-26
• [Presentation] Intergenerational Transmission of Skills and Differences in Labor Market Outcomes for Blacks and Whites (2010)
  • Author(s): 臼井恵美子
  • Organizer: 社会保障の給付と財政のあり方に関する研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-22
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2010)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: World Congress of the Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: 上海,中国
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-21
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2010)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: World Congress of the Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: 中国、上海
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-21
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2010)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: Annual Conference of the Society of Labor Economists
  • Place of Presentation: ロンドン、イギリス
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-18
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2010)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: Annual Conference of the Society of Labor Economists
  • Place of Presentation: イギリス、ロンドン
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-18
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2009)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: Annual Meetings of the Midwest Econometric Group
  • Place of Presentation: Purdue大学,アメリカ
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-12
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2009)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: Annual Meetings of the Midwest Econometric Group
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ、Purdue 大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-12
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2009)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: Far Eastern and South Asian Meetings of Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: 東京、日本
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-04
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2009)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: 日本、東京
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-04
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2009)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: SETA Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 京都、日本
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-01
• [Presentation] Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection : With an Application to the Returns to Schooling (2009)
  • Author(s): 奥村綱雄
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Application
  • Place of Presentation: 日本、京都
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-01
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