Exploring the usefulness of a nonrandom holdout sample for model validation: Welfare effects on female behavior

International Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1351-1378

  Keane, Michael P ^a,b   Wolpin, Kenneth I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 37149048045     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2007.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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