This paper reports estimates of wage equations for groups of Australian workers, using pooled data from the Income Distribution Surveys for 1995 and 1996, the first two years for which continuous hours information is available for each individual. The problem of using the wage functions to...

This paper examines the generation of earnings distributions using a labour supply framework in which individuals face piecewise-linear budget constraints. The possible implications for the distribution of earnings within a population consisting of single individuals having a joint distribution...