Simplified implementation of the heckman estimator of the dynamic probit model and a comparison with alternative estimators

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 659-681

  Arulampalam, Wiji ^a,b   Stewart, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 68949085060     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2009.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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