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Estimation of generalized linear latent variable models

  • Huber, Philippe Department of Econometrics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Ronchetti, Elvezio Istituto di finanza (IFin), Facoltà di scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
  • Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Geneva, Switzerland
    2003
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  • Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology). - Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. - 2004, vol. 66, no. 4, p. 893–908
Categorical variables
Laplace approximation
LISREL
M-estimators
Penalized quasi-likelihood
Varimax rotation
English Generalized Linear Latent Variable Models (GLLVM), as defined in Bartholomew and Knott (1999) enable modelling of relationships between manifest and latent variables. They extend structural equation modelling techniques, which are powerful tools in the social sciences. However, because of the complexity of the log-likelihood function of a GLLVM, an approximation such as numerical integration must be used for inference. This can limit drastically the number of variables in the model and lead to biased estimators. In this paper, we propose a new estimator for the parameters of a GLLVM, based on a Laplace approximation to the likelihood function and which can be computed even for models with a large number of variables. The new estimator can be viewed as a M-estimator, leading to readily available asymptotic properties and correct inference. A simulation study shows its excellent finite sample properties, in particular when compared with a well established approach such as LISREL. A real data example on the measurement of wealth for the computation of multidimentional inequality is analysed to highlight the importance of the methodology.
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