Worth Long

Biographic Data

ID187117
NAMEWorth Long
GIVEN NAMESWorth
FAMILY NAMELong
SIGNATURELONG W
AFFILIATIONSTulane University
ORCID0000-0002-8875-0329
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Correlated Errors Challenge Vulnerable Growth

    Open AccessWorth Long, Wei Long et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Econometrics2025

    We examine the impact of correlated errors on findings regarding fluctuations in US GDP growth, which are primarily driven by the lower quantiles of the distribution as predicted by financial conditions. A proposed zero‐correlation test reveals the presence of correlated residuals in the quantile regression, introducing endogeneity and raising concerns about the validity of the previous analysis. In response, we extend the model by including two …

  • A Random Forest–Based Panel Data Approach for Program Evaluation

    Open AccessGuannan Liu, Worth Long et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Econometrics2025

    It is challenging to conduct controlled experiments to assess the impacts of social policy. To address this, past studies propose a panel data approach using factor models to estimate average treatment effects. The selection of control units is a critical step to balance the goodness of fit within‐sample with the posttreatment forecasting error when the number of observed potential control units is large. In this study, we propose using random fo…

  • Silence breaking

    Open AccessFeng Chen, Worth LongARTICLEJournal of Population Economics2024References: 2

    This paper introduces an index for assessing local attitudes toward women in the United States, leveraging the Google search index and a machine learning methodology. Exploiting the constructed measure of sexism, our investigation reveals that the #MeToo movement garnered greater attention in areas characterized by low measured sexism in the pre-MeToo era. Additionally, a substantial increase in reported sex crimes is observed in those areas post…

  • Platelet counts affect the association between hyperhomocysteinemia and pregnancy complications

    Open AccessBin Yu, Bin Zhang et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Among Chinese pregnant women, one subgroup (high tHcy and low PC) has the highest risk of ICP and another (high tHcy and high PC) has the lowest risk of GDM; tHcy and platelet could be used as indicators to identify the women with high risk of ICP or low risk of GDM

  • The Pink Tide and Income Inequality in Latin America

    Open AccessGermán Feierherd, Pilar Larroulet et al.ARTICLELatin American Politics and Society2023Cited by: 5References: 50

    Latin American countries experienced a significant reduction in income inequality at the turn of the twenty-first century. From the early 2000s to around 2012, the average Gini coefficient fell from 0.51 to 0.47. The period of falling inequality coincided with leftist presidential candidates achieving electoral victories across the region: by 2009, 11 of the 17 countries had a leftist president-the so-called Pink Tide. Using a difference-in-diffe…

  • Semiparametric estimation and variable selection for single‐index copula models

    Open AccessStanislav Anatolyev, Bingduo Yang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Econometrics2021

    A copula with a flexibly dependence structure can capture complexity and heterogeneity in economic and financial time series. Based on the recently proposed single‐index copula, we propose a simultaneous variable selection and estimation procedure. This method allows for choosing the most relevant state variables by using a penalized estimation with large sample properties derived. Simulation results demonstrate the good performance of the method…

  • The Wisdom of the Blues--Defining Blues as the True Facts of Life

    Worth LongARTICLEAfrican American Review1995

    Worth Long, The Wisdom of the Blues--Defining Blues as the True Facts of Life: An Interview with Willie Dixon, African American Review, Vol. 29, No. 2, Special Issues on The Music (Summer, 1995), pp. 207-212

  • The Land Where the Blues Began

    Mellonee Burnim, Alan Lomax et al.ARTICLEEthnomusicology1981