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How would you add a polynomial into the regression?

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in addition to linear term, add polinomial term, i.e.:

2
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How can you find out the returns to experience in this example (=wage increase for an additional year of experience, holding all other factors fixed)?

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3
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What do you need to consider when interpreting regression coefficients?

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  • Direction of the effect (positive/ negative)?
  • Magnitude of the effect? What are the units of measurement of x and y? (e.g. years, Dollars, cm,…)
  • Significance
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How can you interpret a one unit change in x in this regression?

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5
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What is the appriximation of the log effect of a one unit change in variable x? When can you apply this approximation?

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6
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How can you interpret the coefficients of this model?

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7
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Why would you use a log or log-log model?

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  • Some theories in economics predict a certain functional form, e.g. Cobb-Douglas production function in log-log form,
  • Using log(y) as dep. var. ensures that predicted values of y are always positive (makes sense for variables like wages, which can only be positive).
  • Taking logs of the dependent variable reduces the influence of outliers (alternative to eliminating outliers).
  • Taking logs of the dependent variable sometimes reduces heteroskedasticity problems.
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What does “UNCONDITIONAL estimate” mean? What is a conditional estimate then?

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  • Unconditional: Only one regressor, do not condition on other variables
  • Conditional: With other variables