全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Caveat Lector: Sample Selection in Historical Heights and the Interpretation of Early Industrializing Economies

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w19955
来源ID	Working Paper 19955
	Caveat Lector: Sample Selection in Historical Heights and the Interpretation of Early Industrializing Economies
	Howard Bodenhorn; Timothy Guinnane; Thomas Mroz
发表日期	2014-03-06
出版年	2014
语种	英语
摘要	Much of the research on height in historical populations relies on convenience samples. A crucial question with convenience samples is whether the sample accurately reflects the characteristics of the population; if not, then estimated parameters will be affected by sample selection bias. This paper applies a simple test for selection biased developed in Bodenhorn, Guinnane, and Mroz (2013) to several historical samples of prisoners, freed slaves, and college students. We reject the hypothesis of no selection bias in all cases. Using Roy's (1951) model of occupational choice, we interpret these findings as reflecting the economic forces that lead individuals to take the actions the led to inclusion in the sample. Our findings suggest that much of the evidence on the "industrialization puzzle" during the nineteenth century could reflect changing selection into the samples rather than changes in population heights.
主题	History ; Labor and Health History
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w19955
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577629
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Howard Bodenhorn,Timothy Guinnane,Thomas Mroz. Caveat Lector: Sample Selection in Historical Heights and the Interpretation of Early Industrializing Economies. 2014.