st: Re: selmlog: question

["R.E. De Hoyos" <redeho@hotmail.com>]

Rasmus,

A way to do this is by generating the conditional probabilities (_m 
in -selmlog-) for your two outcomes of interest. You can then use them in a 
single wage equation. Say "w1" are the observed wages under outcome 1 
(missing values otherwise) and "w3" are the observed wages under outcome 3 
(missing values otherwise) as you specified the problem. Then:

   selmlog w1 x1 x2, sel(outcome x1 x2 z1) gen(cprob1)
   selmlog w3 x1 x2, sel(outcome x1 x2 z1) gen(cprob3)

The above model will allow for full wage parameter heterogeneity across 
outcomes 1 and 3. Depending on your particular problem this might be the 
best way to account for selection (allows for separate market equilibriums 
and different payments for the unobserved characteristics determining 
selection [cprob]). However if you want to impose the constraint of 
homogeneity in parameters across the wage equation for outcomes 1 and 3 but 
still treating them as different outcomes in your selection equation:

   gen cpron_13=.
   replace cprob_13 = cprob1 if outcome==1
   replace cprob_13 = cprob3 if outcome==3

   gen w_13=.
   replace w_13 = w1 if outcome==1
   replace w_13 = w3 if outcome==3

   reg w_13 x1 x2 cprob_13

This last model will estimate the wage equation for outcomes 1 and 3 
accounting for the unobserved characteristics that made the individuals 
"choose" those particular outcomes (although the market payment for those 
unobservables will be the same for both groups).

Notice that you will have to bootstrap the standard errors to account for 
the heteroskedasticity present in the two-step procedure.

I hope this helps,
Rafa
________________________
Rafael E. De Hoyos
Faculty of Economics
University of Cambridge
CB3 9DE, UK
www.econ.cam.ac.uk/phd/red29/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rasmus Joergensen" <rjo.cebr@cbs.dk>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: st: selmlog: question



> Dear Statalist,
>
> I'm trying to estimate the effect of self-employment experience. My 
> analysis considers the following selection rules:
>
> 1. Wage-employed in period t and period t+5
>
> 2. Self-employment spell between t and t+5.
>
> This selection model thus consider 4 possible outcomes as illustrated 
> below:
>
>                          WE,t and WE,t+5
>                          YES                       NO
>               YES       1                           2
> SE spell
>               NO         3                           4
>
>
> One way to estimate this selection model is to use --selmlog--.
>
> However, selmlog can only estimate the wage equation (the equation of 
> interest) for one outcome of the selection process. But I'm interested in 
> running a wage regression for outcome 1 and 3 (see above). In other words, 
> I'm trying to estimate a model that accounts for both sample selection and 
> endogenous treatment (the SE spell).
>
> Does anyone have any advice how to correct --selmlog-- to estimate the 
> equation of interest for two outcomes of the selection process? Any 
> suggestions are very welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rasmus Jørgensen
> Research Assistant
> Centre for Economic and Business Research
> E:< rjo.cebr@cbs.dk
>
>
>
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