 Sample selection models with monotone control functionsRuixuan Liu and Zhengfei Yu Journal of Econometrics, 2022, vol. 226, issue 2, 321-342 Abstract: The celebrated Heckman selection model yields a selection correction function (control function) proportional to the inverse Mills ratio, which is monotone. This paper studies a sample selection model that does not impose parametric distributional assumptions on the latent error terms, while maintaining the monotonicity of the control function. We show that a positive (negative) dependence condition on the latent error terms is sufficient for the monotonicity of the control function. The condition is equivalent to a restriction on the copula function of latent error terms. Using the monotonicity, we propose a tuning-parameter-free semiparametric estimation method and establish root n-consistency and asymptotic normality for the estimates of finite-dimensional parameters. A new test for selectivity is also developed in the presence of the shape restriction. Simulations and an empirical application are conducted to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed methods. Keywords: Copula; Sample selection models; Isotonic regression; Semiparametric estimation; Shape restriction (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:econom:v:226:y:2022:i:2:p:321-342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.01.010 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Econometrics is currently edited by T. Amemiya, A. R. Gallant, J. F. Geweke, C. Hsiao and P. M. Robinson More articles in Journal of Econometrics from Elsevier |
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