Much ado about nothing: Conditional logit vs. random coefficient models for estimating labour supply elasticities

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-256

  Haan, Peter ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LABOR SUPPLY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33645129491     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850500396348     Document Type: Article

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