A modified hurdle model for completed fertility

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-188

  Santos Silva, João M C ^a   Covas, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b STATISTICS PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Count data; Generalized poisson; Hurdle models; Underdispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341154     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050132     Document Type: Article

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