Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62568 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6751
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We propose a novel selectivity correction procedure to deal with survey attrition, at the crossroads of the Heckit and of the bounding approach of Lee (2009). As a substitute for the instrument needed in sample selectivity correction models, we use information on the number of attempts that were made to obtain response to the survey from each individual who responded. We obtain set identification, but if the number of attempts to reach each individual is high enough, we can come closer to point identification. We apply our sample selection correction in the context of a job-search experiment with low and unbalanced response rates.
Subjects: 
survey non response
sample selectivity
treatment effect model
randomized controlled trial
JEL: 
C31
C93
J6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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