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[#6017] 2-step estimator in tobit5 is wrong

Date:
2015-01-20 04:58
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Submitted by:
Ott Toomet (otoomet)
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Summary:
2-step estimator in tobit5 is wrong

Detailed description
Found piece of code in heckit5fit.R:

sigma1 <- sqrt( se1^2 + ( betaL1*delta1)^2)
sigma2 <- sqrt( se2^2 + ( betaL2*delta2)^2)

It should be

sigma1 <- sqrt( se1^2 + betaL1^2*delta1)
sigma2 <- sqrt( se2^2 + betaL2^2*delta2)

heckit2fit should also be checked.

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