Estimation of limited dependent variable models with dummy endogenous regressors: Simple strategies for empirical practice

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-28

  Angrist, Joshua D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental variables; Labor supply; Sample selection; Semiparametric methods; Tobit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035585156     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/07350010152472571     Document Type: Article

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