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Differences in Wage Distributions Between Canada and the United States: An Application of a Flexible Estimator of Distribution Functions in the Presence of Covariates
Abstract
We construct a tractable, flexible-functional-form estimator of cumulative distribution functions for non-negative random variables which admits large numbers of covariates. The estimator adopts and extends techniques from the spell-duration literature for estimating hazard functions to distribution functions for wages, earnings, and income. We apply these methods to investigate sources of wage inequality for full-time male workers between Canada and the United States, finding that the Canadian wage density has a thinner left tail because low-educated workers have higher pay and a thinner right tail because of a lower proportion of highly-educated workers. Unions appear to play a large role in these outcomes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Donald, S. G., Green, D. A., & Paarsch, H. J.
- Venue
- The Review of Economic Studies
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2000-10-01
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 609-633
- ISSN
- 0034-6527 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-937X
- OpenAlex
- W2070341794
- Cited by
- 173
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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