The Heckman correction for sample selection and its critique

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-68

  Puhani, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Estimator performance; OLS; Sample selection model; Two part model

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034009792     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00104     Document Type: Article

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