I examine the distribution dynamics of incomes across Indian states using the entire income distribution. Unlike standard regression approaches, this approach allows us to identify specific distributional characteristics such as polarisation and stratification. The period between 1965 to 1997...

Evidences from nonparametric and semiparametric unbalanced panel data models with fixed effects show that Kuznet’s inverted-U relationship is confirmed when economic development reaches a threshold. The model tests justify semiparametric specification. The integrated net contribution of...

Smoking bans in public places are considered an important public health intervention. The impact of such bans on health, and especially self-reported health, has not been widely considered in the literature. This paper investigates the impact of a public smoking ban on self-reported health...

This paper presents new evidence on the role of cognitive skills in promoting economic growth rate, using a within country dataset (Brazilian municipalities’ dataset) and nonparametric kernel regression estimation with mixed data.

This paper proposes a test for path dependence in discrete panel data based on a characterization of stochastic processes that are mixtures of Markov chains. This test is applied to European Community Household Panel data on employment histories. The data allow to reject the null of no path...

We propose an empirical likelihood method for application to a partially linear panel data model with fixed effects. The empirical log-likelihood ratio statistic is proved to be asymptotically chi-squared distributed, and the asymptotic properties of estimators for both the parametric and...

This paper constructs the simultaneous confidence band for the nonparametric function in nonparametric fixed effects panel data models. We first transform the nonparametric fixed effects panel data models into the partially linear models. We then obtain the estimator of the nonparametric...

This study employs state-level panel data to examine the effect of income inequality on crime in the United States. Using panel cointegration techniques, we find a significant negative effect of inequality on crime.

Inequality indices for self-assessed health and life satisfaction are typically constructed as functions of the cumulative distribution function. We present a unified methodology for the estimation of the resulting inequality indices. We also obtain explicit standard error formulas in the...

This paper analyses the relation between unemployment, marriage, divorce, widowhood and subjective well-being using Russian panel data. Contrary to Clark et al. (2008) and Clark and Georgellis (2013), we find little evidence of adaptation to these life events.