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Applied Econometrics 2015-16. FINAL EXAM November 6th2015. Practical exam

Name: Time: 40 minutes Download from the virtual campus the datafile exam_Nov6.dta Data: from the Spanish National Health Survey 2011. Variables: labelled in file 1. Estimate a Poisson model to explain the number of medicines the person has taken in the last two weeks. The explanatory variables are sex, age, health, and health squared (you should create it). Are there any unsignifficant explanatory variables? 2. Compare the expected number of medicines between women and men according to the model (ceteris paribus): if the man takes 1 medicine, how many medicines expect the model that the woman would take? 3. Predict the expected number of medicines for each individual in sample (create the new variable). How many medicines predict the model for individual number 1? 4. Calculate the probability that individual number 1 in sample takes 2 medicines 5. Do you think that this model has overdispersion? Why?

Please, send this file with the relevant output (copy and paste) and your explanations (answers to the questions). Send also the .dta, .do and .log files If you can compress the files, please send the files compressed in a file called DNI_exam_Nov6_1. Otherwise, please send the 4 files...