Finite sample bias in IV estimation of intertemporal labor supply models: Is the intertemporal substitution elasticity really small?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 638-646

  Lee, Chul In ^a  

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EID: 0035602919     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465301753237722     Document Type: Article

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