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Duration Data Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity

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                    SAS Sample Library

        Name: modex18.sas
 Description: Example program from SAS/ETS User's Guide,
              The MODEL Procedure
       Title: Duration Data Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity
     Product: SAS/ETS Software
        Keys: nonlinear simultaneous equation models
        PROC: MODEL
       Notes:

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title1 'SMM for Duration Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity';

%let nobs=1000;
data durationdata;
   b=0.9; s=0.5;
   do i=1 to &nobs;
      u = rannor( 1011 );
      v = ranuni( 1011 );
      x = 2 * ranuni( 1011 );
      y = -exp(-b * x + s * u) * log(v);
      output;
   end;
run;

proc model data=durationdata;
   parms b .5 s 1;
   instrument x;

   u = rannor( 1011 );
   v = ranuni( 1011 );
   y = -exp(-b * x + s * u) * log(v);

   moment y = (2 3 4);
   fit y / gmm ndraw=10 ;* maxiter=500;
   bound s > 0, b > 0;
run;