A Control Function Approach to Estimating Dynamic Probit Models with Endogenous Regressorsa

John Giles and Irina Murtazashvili

Journal of Econometric Methods, 2013, vol. 2, issue 1, 69-87

Abstract: This paper proposes a parametric approach to estimating a dynamic binary response panel data model that allows for endogenous contemporaneous regressors. Such a model is of particular value for settings in which one wants to estimate the effects of an endogenous treatment on a binary outcome. In order to demonstrate the usefulness of the approach, we use it to examine the impact of rural-urban migration on the likelihood that households in rural China fall below the poverty line. In this application, it is shown that migration is important for reducing the likelihood that poor households remain in poverty and that non-poor households fall into poverty. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that failure to control for unobserved heterogeneity would lead the researcher to underestimate the impact of migrant labor markets on reducing the probability of falling into poverty.

Keywords: control function approach, dynamic binary response models, migration, poverty-persistence, rural China, JEL codes: C13; C33; O15; P25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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