Generalized Selection Bias and The Decomposition of Wage Differentials
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Keywords
Bayesian sampling; semi-parametric; Heckman’s two-step method; discrimination; Decomposition analysis of wage differentials; generalized selection bias; maximum likelihood estimation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- C34 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2000-01-24 (Econometrics)
- NEP-LAB-2000-01-24 (Labour Economics)
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