The dynamics of changes in the female wage distribution in the USA: a quantile regression approach

Counterfactual distributions with sample selection adjustments: Econometric theory and an application to the Netherlands

“…In doing so, we are directly following the argument given on pp. 3-5 in Buchinsky (1998a). This argument compares the market wage, i.e., the wage a woman would earn in full-time work, with her reservation wage.…”

“…Of course, both the market wage and the reservation wage depend in part on unobservables. Buchinsky (1998a) gives conditions (his Assumptions C and E, p. 4) on the joint distribution of these unobservables, both unconditionally and conditional on x, that justify the single-index representation. 7 These assumptions, while sufficient for the single-index representation, do not pin down the form of h u (·).…”

“…7 These assumptions, while sufficient for the single-index representation, do not pin down the form of h u (·). Buchinsky (1998a) therefore suggests a series estimator (see also Newey 1988), namely,…”

“…1 In this paper, we extend Machado and Mata (2005) to account for selection. Specifically, we adapt the Machado-Mata procedure to take advantage of the Buchinsky (1998a) selection correction method for quantile regression. We provide proofs for the consistency and asymptotic normality of the procedure; that is, we establish the large-sample properties of the estimated quantiles of the counterfactual distribution that is generated by the Machado-Mata procedure.…”

Changes in the distribution of house prices over time: Structural characteristics, neighborhood, or coefficients?

“…Many researchers have noted that earnings have risen more rapidly for high-income workers, causing the distribution of earnings to have become more unequal over time (e.g., Buchinsky (1994Buchinsky ( , 1998a; Dickey (2007) ;Gosling, Machin, and Meghir (2000); Juhn, Murphy, and Pierce (1993); Katz and Murphy (1992); Martins and Pereira (2004)). …”