The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 85 No. 1 2003
Measurement and Testing of Inequality from Time Series of Deciles with an Application to U.S. Wages
Abstract
This article uses unobserved-components time series models to capture the underlying trends in the quarterly deciles of U.S. hourly wages. Tests of stability and divergence are developed as a means of assessing changes in inequality. The decrease in the wage gender gap is examined, and the impact of changes in the minimum wage is assessed.
- DOI
- 10.1162/003465303762687767
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 141-152
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref