An empirical analysis of earnings dynamics among men in the PSID: 1968-1989

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 293-356

  Geweke, John ^a,b   Keane, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings mobility; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Non Gaussian disturbances; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001635531     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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