Collinearity and two-step estimation of sample selection models: Problems, origins, and remedies

Computational Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-199

  Leung, Siu Fai ^a   Yu, Shihti ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collinearity problem; Heckman's two step method; Monte Carlo experiment; Remedy; Sample selection; Wage equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041895752     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008749011772     Document Type: Article

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