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Correcting Classification Error in Income Mobility
MAYO, JESÚS PÉREZ; CALDERA, MIGUEL A. FAJARDO - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 20 (2002) Agosto, pp. 499-508
The mobility of a categorical variable can be a mix of two different parts: true movement and measurement or … measurement error. The Latent Mixed Markov Model is proposed to solve this problem in this paper. Income mobility is a well …-known example of categorical variables mobility in Economics. So, the authors think that the Latent Mixed Markov Model is a good …
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Statistical Inference for Measures of Income Mobility.
Trede, Mark - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 218 (1999) 3+4, pp. 473-490
both transition matrix mobility measures and mobility measures which are based on the reduction in inequality occurring … than males, at least when inequality reduction mobility measures are employed. Considering the rather large number of …This paper reviews various mobility measures and establishes their asymptotic sampling distribution. The focus is on …
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Heterogeneity in the Dynamics of Labor Earnings
Browning, Martin; Ejrnæs, Mette - In: Annual Review of Economics 5 (2013) 1, pp. 219-245
In this article, we survey the literature on individual earnings dynamics with a particular focus on allowing for pervasive heterogeneity across individuals. We structure the discussion around ARMA processes with nonlinear trends for each individual. We show that allowing for pervasive and...
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Rentabilidad salarial de la formación laboral: un análisis con datos de panel /Wage Returns to Training Investments: A Panel Data Analysis
CAPARRÓS RUIZ, ANTONIO; GOMEZ, NAVARRO; LUCIA, Mª; … - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 28 (2010) Agosto, pp. 483-483
El presente trabajo utiliza datos procedentes del Panel de Hogares de la Unión Europea (INE, 1994-2001) para estimar el efecto de la formación recibida durante el empleo en el crecimiento salarial de hombres y mujeres en el mercado de trabajo español. Dado que estas inversiones educativas...
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Product Market Regulation and Wage Premia in Europe and North America: An Empirical Investigation
Jean, Sébastien; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002
Using new cross-country data on industry-specific product market regulations, this paper investigates the relationship between wage premia and some of the policy determinants of product market rents. Hourly wage premia in 2-digit manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries are estimated from...
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Trade Reform, Job Quality And Wages Of The Working Poor In Egypt:Evidence From Manufacturing Panel Data
Said, Mona - In: Journal of Developing Areas 46 (2012) 2, pp. 159-183
This paper examines the impact of accelerating privatization and trade liberalization initiatives on wage and job quality outcomes of the working poor in the Egyptian manufacturing sector. Determinants of wage and job quality are estimated using panel and quantile regression methods and...
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The Wage Curve in Italian Manufacturing Industry
Netti, Nadia - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2006) 2
The paper examines the Italian wage curve using the Capitalia survey of the Italian manufacturing firms over the 1998-2000 period, which contains data on about 4021 firms, and the Bank of Italy’s Historical Database from the Survey of Italian Household Budgets (1977-2000) over the period...
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Wage-Induced Mismatch on German Labour Markets? Lessons from Comparison with Portugal.
Entorf, Horst - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 219 (1999) 1+2, pp. 127-142
The German labour market performance is falling behind that of other European countries. Portugal, for instance, has decreasing unemployment rates, leading to a share of only 4.6% unemployed persons in 1998 (Germany: 9.5%). This paper sheds some light on the divergent development from a matching...
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Regional Wage Flexibility: the Wage Curve in Five EU Countries
Montuenga, Víctor; García, Inmaculada; Fernández, Melchor - In: The European Labour Market. Regional Dimensions
In this piece of research, we estimate wage curves for five EU member states using homogenous information provided in panel data set (the ECHP) to appraise wage flexibility. Whereas typical estimation concentrates solely on the relationship between current wages and current unemployment rate, we...
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Female Income and Expenditure on Children: Impact of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
BHUPAL, Ganita; SAM, Abdoul G. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 14 (2014) 2
Touted as the largest public works program in the world, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) was enacted in 2005 with the goal of curtailing rural poverty in India. To ensure gender diversity in program participation, the Indian Government set a target to allocate a third of...
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