Modeling earnings dynamics

Econometrica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1395-1454

  Altonji, Joseph G ^a   Smith, Anthony A ^a   Vidangos, Ivan ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect inference; Inequality; Job mobility; Unemployment; Wage growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880937240     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8415     Document Type: Article

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