Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent emploxed German men - evidence from a quantile regression decomposition analysis
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Keywords
self-employment; earnings differential; quantile regression decomposition; Machado/Mata decomposition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2007-07-13 (Entrepreneurship)
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