The labour input response to permanent changes in output: An errors-in-variables analysis based on panel data

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 379-404

  Biørn, Erik ^a   Klette, Tor Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Errors in variables; GMM estimation; Labour demand; Panel data; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033453402     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00162     Document Type: Article

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