Is the magic still there? The use of the Heckman two-step correction for selection bias in criminology

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-178

  Bushway, Shawn ^a   Johnson, Brian D ^b   Slocum, Lee Ann ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Heckman correction; Sample selection; Selection bias; Two step estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248370932     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-007-9024-4     Document Type: Article

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