Stratified partial likelihood estimation

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-232

  Ridder, Geert ^a   Tunali, Insan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Counting process; Fixed effect; Partial likelihood; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; INFANT MORTALITY; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STATISTICS; STUDIES;

ASIA; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES;

ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFANT MORTALITY; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033205130     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(98)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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