Sample Selection Models in R: Package sampleSelection

This paper describes the implementation of Heckman-type sample selection models in R. We discuss the sample selection problem as well as the Heckman solution to it, and argue that although modern econometrics has non- and semiparametric estimation methods in its toolbox, Heckman models are an integr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ott Toomet, Arne Henningsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2008-06-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Subjects:
R
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v27/i07/paper