Harvey, Andrew; Bernstein, Jared - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 85 (2003) 1, pp. 141-152
This article uses unobserved-components time series models to capture the underlying trends in the quarterly deciles of U.S. hourly wages. Tests of stability and divergence are developed as a means of assessing changes in inequality. The decrease in the wage gender gap is examined, and the...