Generalized non-parametric deconvolution with an application to earnings dynamics

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 491-533

  Bonhomme, StéPhane ^a   Robin, Jean Marc ^b  

^a CEMFI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA;

EID: 77950211904     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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