Endogenous selection or treatment model estimation

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 777-806

  Lewbel, Arthur ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; Endogeneity; Heteroscedasticity; Instrumental variables; Investment; Latent variable models; Ordered choice; Returns to schooling; Sample selection; Semiparametric; Switching regressions; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HETEROSCEDASTICITY; LATENT VARIABLE MODELS; SWITCHING REGRESSIONS; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247342149     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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