Estimation and specification testing in female labor participation models: parametric and semiparametric methods

Ana Fernandez and Juan Rodriquez-Poo

Econometric Reviews, 1997, vol. 16, issue 2, 229-247

Abstract: Female labor participation models have been usually studied through probit and logit specifications. Little attention has been paid to verify the assumptions that are used in these sort of models, basically distributional assumptions and homoskedasticity. In this paper we apply semiparametirc methods in order to test the previous hypothesis. We also estimate a Spanish female labor participation model using both parametric and semiparametirc approaches. The parametirc model includes fixed and random coefficients probit specification. The estimation procedures are parametric maximum likelihood for both probit and logit models, and semiparametric quasi maximum likelihood following Klein and Spady (1993). The results depend cricially in the assumed model.

Keywords: Female labor participation models; Homoskedasticity test; Distributional assumptions; Semiparametirc estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1080/07474939708800383

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