Using matching, instrumental variables, and control functions to estimate economic choice models

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-57

  Heckman, James ^a   Navarro Lozano, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 1842533946     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465304323023660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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