Solved – 2SLS – logit/probit in the second stage

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I just have a quick question: what if I'm interested in estimating a logit/probit model in the second stage, can I follow this two-step procedure by running OLS in the first stage (endogenous variable = exogenous variables + instruments) and then replace the endogenous variable with the fitted value in the second stage when I run the logit/probit estimation?

I just saw this post (2SLS but second stage Probit) answers the above question, it seems the answer is positive, but does anyone have any references that I can cite regarding this issue?

Best Answer

The reference for this should be Newey (1987) "Efficient estimation of limited dependent variable models with endogenous explanatory variables", Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 36(3), pp. 231–250 (link). This is the estimator that is implemented with the probitiv command in Stata, for instance, where you can have an OLS first stage and probit second stage.