Changes in the distribution of male and female wages accounting for employment composition using bounds
Richard Blundell ...
This paper examines changes in the distribution of wages using bounds to allow for the impact of non-random selection into work. We show that bounds constructed without any economic or statistical assumptions can be informative. However, since employment rates in the UK are often low they are not informative about changes in educational or gender wage differentials. Thus we explore ways to tighten these bounds using restrictions motivated from economic theory. With these assumptions we find convincing evidence of an increase in inequality within education groups, changes in the returnʺ to education and increases in the relative wages of women.
Year of publication: |
Oct. 2004 ; [Elektronische Ressource]
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Authors: | Blundell, Richard W. ; Gosling, Amanda ; Ichimura, Hidehiko ; Meghir, Costas |
Publisher: |
Bonn : IZA |
Subject: | Lohnstruktur | Wage structure | Geschlecht | Gender | Schätzung | Estimation | Großbritannien | United Kingdom | 1978-2000 |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | Online Ressource, 47 p., text ill |
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Series: | Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 1350 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; No longer published / No longer aquired |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat reader |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002456252