Counterfactual distributions with sample selection adjustments: Econometric theory and an application to the Netherlands

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-396

  Albrecht, James ^a,b   van Vuuren, Aico ^c   Vroman, Susan ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender; Quantile regression; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349124406     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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