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Within-groups wage inequality and schooling: further evidence for Portugal
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Abstract This paper provides further evidence on the positive impact of schooling on within-groups wage dispersion in Portugal, using data on male workers from the 2001 wave of the European Community Household Panel. The issue of schooling endogeneity is taken into account by using the newest available instr... view more
This paper provides further evidence on the positive impact of schooling on within-groups wage dispersion in Portugal, using data on male workers from the 2001 wave of the European Community Household Panel. The issue of schooling endogeneity is taken into account by using the newest available instrumental-variable technique for quantile regression, i.e. the control-function estimator due to Lee (forthcoming, 2007). The findings are compared with earlier results based on different techniques, i.e. the instrumental-variable estimator due to Arias, Hallock and Sosa-Escudero (2001) and the standard exogeneity-based estimator due to Koenker and Bassett (1978).... view less
Classification
Economic Statistics, Econometrics, Business Informatics
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Income Policy, Property Policy, Wage Policy
Free Keywords
Endogeneity; Quantile Regression; Schooling; Wage Inequality
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 3685-3691
Journal
Applied Economics, 42 (2008) 28
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840802314564
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)