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The gender wage gap in Peru 1986-2000: Evidence from a matching comparisons approach

Ñopo, Hugo - 2009

Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru from 1986 to 2000. This methodology has two advantages. First, it recognizes that the supports of observable characteristics distributions differ substantially. Second, it...

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Ethnic and gender wage gaps in Ecuador

Gallardo, Lourdes; Ñopo, Hugo - 2009

Returns to labor for workers with similar endowments of productive characteristics in Ecuador are influenced by two characteristics that, arguably, should play no role on the determination of wages: gender and ethnicity. This paper analyzes wage gaps due to both characteristics in Ecuador for...

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Gender earnings gaps in the world

Ñopo, Hugo; Daza, Nancy; Ramos, Johanna - 2011

This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are used to match males and females such that gender...

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Finite- and Large-Sample Inference for Ranks using Multinomial Data with an Application to Ranking Political Parties

Wilhelm, Daniel; Mogstad, Magne; Shaikh, Azeem - 2021

It is common to rank different categories by means of preferences that are revealed through data on choices. A prominent example is the ranking of political candidates or parties using the estimated share of support each one receives in surveys or polls about political attitudes. Since these...

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Inference for Ranks with Applications to Mobility across Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement across Countries

Mogstad, Magne; Romano, Joseph P.; Shaikh, Azeem M.; … - 2020

It is often desired to rank different populations according to the value of some feature of each population. For example, it may be desired to rank neighborhoods according to some measure of intergenerational mobility or countries according to some measure of academic achievement. These rankings...

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Los cambios en la Distribución del Ingreso de Argentina entre 1998 y 2005

Zoloa, Juan Ignacio - 2011

This paper analyses the changes in inequality occurred during the period 1998 - 2005. A set of results are presented in … order to contribute to a better understanding of the changes in inequality. The obtained results show that important … played an important role in the rise in inequality while the rise in the unobservable factors and the higher levels of …

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Microeconomic models with latent variables: Applications of measurement error models in empirical industrial organization and labor economics

Hu, Yingyao - 2015

This paper reviews recent developments in nonparametric identi.cation of mea- surement error models and their applications in applied microeconomics, in particular, in empirical industrial organization and labor economics. Measurement error models describe mappings from a latent distribution to...

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Measuring Inequality in CIS Countries: Theory and Empirics

Ibragimov, Rustam; Ibragimov, Marat; Khamidov, Rufat - 2010

, exhibit heavy tails as in the case of Pareto or power laws. Many commonly used income and wealth inequality measures are very … empirical results to inference on inequality measures and discusses their implications for market demand and economic …

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Robust Analysis of Income Inequality Dynamics in Russia: t-Statistic Based Approaches

Ibragimov, Rustam; Ibragimov, Marat; Karimov, Jovlon; … - 2012

Empirical analyses on inequality measurement and those in other fields in economics and finance often face the … wealth distributions and inequality measures. The methods can be used under general conditions appropriate for real … procedures focusing on the analysis of income distribution and inequality in the Russian economy where heterogeneity, outliers …

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A Convenient Representation of the Wealth Distribution and More Evidence on Homeownership and Wealth Inequality in Euro Area Countries

Biewen, Martin; Glaisner, Stefan; Kleimann, Rolf - 2021

for wealth inequality in euro area countries. …

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