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Binary Choice Models with Discrete Regressors: Identification and Misspecification
Komarova, Tatiana - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2012
In semiparametric binary response models, support conditions on the regressors are required to guarantee point identification of the parameter of interest. For example,one regressor is usually assumed to have continuous support conditional on the other regressors. In some instances, such...
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Binary Choice Models with Discrete Regressors: Identification and Misspecification
Komarova, Tatiana - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2012
In semiparametric binary response models, support conditions on the regressors are required to guarantee point identification of the parameter of interest. For example,one regressor is usually assumed to have continuous support conditional on the other regressors. In some instances, such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010559864
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Distributional and Behavioral Effects of the Gender Wage Gap
Gallego-Granados, Patricia; Geyer, Johannes - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
. This allows us to examine the implications of the gender wage gap for income inequality and working incentives. We …
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Data and Model Cross-Validation to Improve Accuracy of Microsimulation Results: Estimates for the Polish Household Budget Survey
Myck, Michal; Najsztub, Mateusz - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
significantly increases income inequality. We argue that although data reweighting can substantially improve the accuracy of …
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A Wealth Tax on the Rich to Bring down Public Debt?: Revenue and Distributional Effects of a Capital Levy
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
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Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … reducing income inequality, even if it ledto a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution. The …
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