Yamagata, T. and Orme, C.D. (2005) On testing sample selection bias under the multicollinearity problem. Econometric Reviews, 24 (4). pp. 467-481. ISSN 0747-4938
Abstract
This paper reviews and extends the literature on the finite sample behavior of tests for sample selection bias. Monte Carlo results show that, when the “multicollinearity problem” identified by Nawata (1993) is severe, (i) the t-test based on the Heckman-Greene variance estimator can be unreliable, (ii) the Likelihood Ratio test remains powerful, and (iii) nonnormality can be interpreted as severe sample selection bias by Maximum Likelihood methods, leading to negative Wald statistics. We also confirm previous findings (Leung and Yu, 1996) that the standard regression-based t-test (Heckman, 1979) and the asymptotically efficient Lagrange Multiplier test (Melino, 1982), are robust to nonnormality but have very little power.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2009 13:45 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2009 13:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02770900500406132 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02770900500406132 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6020 |