Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 26, No. 2
Issue: Spring 1995
Pages: 101-112
Author(s): Stratford Douglas (West Virginia University) and Joseph Sulock (University of North Carolina, Asheville)
Address (Principal Author): Stratford Douglas, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, PO Box 6025, Morgantown, WV 26506-6025 (304) 293-7863
Internet Address (Principal Author): douglas@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
Title: Estimating Educational Production Functions with Correction for Drops
Abstract: Problems of sample selection in explaining student performance in economics classes are identified and Heckman's two-step method is used to correct the implied bias in both Cobb-Douglas and translog type learning functions. The effects of gender and other explanatory variables are then examined.