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Analyzing the Composition of the Female Workforce - A Semiparametric Copula Approach
We provide a semiparametric copula approach for estimating a classical sample selection model. We impose that the joint distribution function of unobservables can be characterized by a specifc copula, but the marginal distribution functions are estimated semiparametrically. In contrast to existing semiparametric estimators for sample selection models, our approach provides a measure of dependence between unobservables in main and selection equation which can be used to analyze the composition of, say, the female workforce. We apply our estimation procedure to a female labor supply data set and show that those women with the best skills participate in the labor market; moreover, we find evidence for the existence of an ability threshold which involves that women with high ability are to some extent advantaged and, therefore, have also obtained the best skills.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Diskussionsbeitrag ; No. 503
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Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Subject
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Sample selection model
semiparametric estimation
copula approach
composition of the female workforce
female labor force participation
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Schwiebert, Jörg
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Veröffentlichung
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Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
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Hannover
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Schwiebert, Jörg
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Time of origin
- 2012