Estimation of the female labor supply models by Heckman's two-step estimator and the maximum likelihood estimator

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 385-392

  Nawata, Kazumitsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Female labor supply; Heckman's two step estimator; Maximum likelihood estimator; Sample selection bias

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; VECTORS;

FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY; HECKMAN TWO STEP ESTIMATOR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; SAMPLE SELECTION BIAS;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 0942299369     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4754(03)00104-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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