Matching and semi-parametric IV estimation, a distance-based measure of migration, and the wages of young men

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-227

  Ham, John C ^a   Li, Xianghong ^b   Reagan, Patricia B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LATE; Propensity score matching; US internal migration

Indexed keywords

CHOICE OF PARAMETERS; COLLEGE GRADUATES; CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE ASSUMPTION; COVARIATES; DISTANCE-BASED; EMPIRICAL MODEL; HIGH SCHOOL; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; LATE; LOCAL AVERAGE; LOCAL LINEAR; LOCAL LINEAR REGRESSION; MATCHING METHODS; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; MONTE CARLO EXPERIMENTS; MONTE CARLO STUDY; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; POINT ESTIMATE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; RIDGE REGRESSION; SEMIPARAMETRIC; STANDARD ERRORS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; US INTERNAL MIGRATION;

ERRORS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WAGES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 79952453863     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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