Estimation of an occupational choice model when occupations are misclassified

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 495-535

  Sullivan, Paul ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATION; SAMPLING BIAS; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 67649386542     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.2.495     Document Type: Article

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