Changes in the distribution of male and female wages accounting for employment composition using bounds

Econometrica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-363

  Blundell, Richard ^a,b   Gosling, Amanda ^b,c,d   Ichimura, Hidehiko ^e   Meghir, Costas ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bounds; Earnings; Inequality; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847373773     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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