Decomposition of differences in distribution using quantile regression

Labour Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 577-590

  Melly, Blaise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Oaxaca decomposition; Quantile regression; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044456023     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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