A note on adapting propensity score matching and selection models to choice based samples

Econometrics Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Heckman, James J ^a,b   Todd, Petra E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice based sampling; Matching models; Propensity scores; Selection models

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650697039     PISSN: 13684221     EISSN: 1368423X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-423X.2008.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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