cumulative distribution function, or copula, of the percentile error in the outcome equation and the error in the participation … decision. Copula parameters are estimated by minimizing a method-of-moments criterion. Given these parameter estimates, the …

earnings measures. We examine the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey …. Nonresponse across the earnings distribution is U-shaped, highest in the left and right tails. Inequality measures differ between … education, particularly in the tails. Flexible copula-based models can account for nonrandom nonresponse. …

This paper focuses on the causes of increased wage inequality in OECD countries in recent years and its decomposition …. In particular, if the observed wage inequality response to price and technology shocks reflects a short-run response in … observed increases in inequality is substantially altered relative to a long-run factors mobile world. This conclusion applies …