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Bootstrapping quantile correlations with an application for income status across generations

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  • Hartley, Robert Paul
  • Lamarche, Carlos
  • Ziliak, James P.

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We investigate statistical inference for a quantile correlation coefficient. We propose a bootstrap approach and demonstrate the validity of the method. To illustrate the approach, we estimate an intergenerational income parameter using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.

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  • Hartley, Robert Paul & Lamarche, Carlos & Ziliak, James P., 2023. "Bootstrapping quantile correlations with an application for income status across generations," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:228:y:2023:i:c:s0165176523001854
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111160
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    Keywords

    Quantile correlation; Bootstrap inference; Intergenerational correlation; Income and poverty;
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    JEL classification:

    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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