The Method of Generalized Ordered Probit with Selectivity: Application to Marital Happiness

This paper introduces and demonstrates the use of the method of Generalized Ordered Probit with Selectivity (GOPS). It simultaneously estimates (1) functions that describe the relations between the explanatory variables and an ordered dependent variable such as marital happiness, and (2) the selecti...

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Published inJournal of family and economic issues Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 451 - 461
Main Author Leppel, Karen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.09.2015
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bias
Conformity
Dependent variables
Economic models
Equality
Estimates
Family
Happiness
Likert scale
Marriage
Original Paper
Personal relationships
Personality and Social Psychology
Social Policy
Social Sciences
Sociology
Studies
Variables
United States > US
Ordered probit
Selectivity
Equality-of-slopes assumption
Marital happiness
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Summary:This paper introduces and demonstrates the use of the method of Generalized Ordered Probit with Selectivity (GOPS). It simultaneously estimates (1) functions that describe the relations between the explanatory variables and an ordered dependent variable such as marital happiness, and (2) the selectivity function that pertains to being married. It does not presume the equality-of-slopes assumption of conventional ordered probit. The GOPS method is demonstrated for modeling marital happiness. The results are compared to those from conventional ordered probit and generalized ordered probit without selectivity.
ISSN:1058-0476
1573-3475
DOI:10.1007/s10834-014-9407-2