victorliou 发表于 2010-4-10 17:05 
4# bobguy
计量经济学导论:现代观点(英文版),p620页,倒数第三段,第一句。
"We recently mentioned that x should be a strict subset of z. This has two implications.
First, any element that appears as an explanatory variable in (17.46) should also be an
explanatory variable in the selection equation. Although in rare cases it makes sense to
exclude elements from the selection equation, including all elements of x in z is not very
costly; excluding them can lead to inconsistency if they are incorrectly excluded."
First, it is NOT necessary. But excluding them can lead to inconsistency if they are incorrectly excluded. That is true and always true.
The reason is that X measurements in a selected group may be(very likely) also GOOD indicaters to tell why he selects himself into that group. Put it differently, the X in selected group has higher/lower measurement values than that in NON-selected group.