Linear regression with selection: Possibilities and limitations of the Heckman correction;Lineare regression mit selektion: Möglichkeiten und grenzen der Heckman-korrektur

Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 706-723

  Engelhardt, Henriette ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berlin Aging Study; Heckman correction; Linear regression analysis; Missing data; Sample selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844456540     PISSN: 00232653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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