Correcting for selective compliance in a re-employment bonus experiment

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 77-111

  Bijwaard, Govert E ^a   Ridder, Geert ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental Variable (IV); Mixed Proportional Hazard (MPH); Non compliance; Randomized experiment; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; EMPLOYMENT; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTROL GROUPS; ELABORATE MODELS; SELECTION PROCESSES;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

EID: 10044294101     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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