We present a measure of the correlation between the education levels of spouses based on a bivariate ordered probit model. The change in this correlation over time can be measured while controlling for the large changes in the educational attainment levels. The model is estimated with data from...

The O(n-1) bias and O(n-2) MSE of OLS are derived for iid samples. An approach is suggested for handling nonexistent finite sample moments. Bias corrections based on plug-in, weighting, jackknife and pairs bootstrap methods are equal to Op(n-3/2). Sometimes they are effective at lowering bias...