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A new semiparametric approach to analysing conditional income distributions

In this paper we explore the application of structured additive distributional regression for the analysis of conditional income distributions in Germany following the reunification. Using a bootstrapped Kolmogorov-Smirnov test we find that conditional personal income distributions can generally be modelled using the three parameter Dagum distribution. Additionally our results hint at an even more pronounced effect of skill-biased technological change than can be observed by standard mean regression.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 676

Classification
Wirtschaft
Estimation: General
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Subject
wages

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Sohn, Alexander
Klein, Nadja
Kneib, Thomas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2014

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Sohn, Alexander
  • Klein, Nadja
  • Kneib, Thomas
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Time of origin

  • 2014

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