A new framework for the analysis of inequality
By: by Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman.
Contributors: Heckman, James J.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2565; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2565
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Income distribution.; Equality.; Wages.
Description: "This paper presents a new framework for analyzing inequality that moves beyond the anonymity postulate. We estimate the determinants of sectoral choice and the joint distributions of outcomes across sectors. We determine which components of realized earnings variability are due to uncertainty and which components are due to components of human diversity that are forecastable by agents. Using our tools, we can determine how policies shift persons across sectors and outcome distributions across sectors"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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