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The Wage Curve, Once More with Feeling: Bayesian Model Averaging of Heckit Models
Rolando Gonzales Martínezsubject
Physics::Physics and SocietyStatistical regularityWage curveStatistics::Applicationsmedia_common.quotation_subjectBayesian probabilityPosterior probabilityMathematics::History and OverviewWageBayesian inferenceComputer Science::Computers and SocietyHousehold surveylcsh:Financelcsh:HG1-9999EconometricsMathematicsmedia_commondescription
The sensitivity of the wage curve to sample-selection and model uncertainty was evaluated with Bayesian methods. More than 8000 Heckit wage curves were estimated using data from the 2017 household survey of Bolivia. After averaging the estimates with the posterior probability of each model being true, the wage curve elasticity in Bolivia is close to -0.01. This result suggests that in this country the wage curve is inelastic and does not follow the international statistical regularity of wage curves.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-01 |