The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach

We use recent unconditional quantile regression methods (UQR) to study the distributive effects of education in Argentina. Standard methods usually focus on mean effects, or explore distributive effects by either making stringent modeling assumptions, and/or through counter- factual decompositions t...

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Autores principales: Alejo, Javier, Gabrielli, María Florencia, Sosa Escudero, Walter
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85212
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
Education
Income inequality
Unconditional quantile regression
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
Education
Income inequality
Unconditional quantile regression
Alejo, Javier
Gabrielli, María Florencia
Sosa Escudero, Walter
The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Argentina
Education
Income inequality
Unconditional quantile regression
description We use recent unconditional quantile regression methods (UQR) to study the distributive effects of education in Argentina. Standard methods usually focus on mean effects, or explore distributive effects by either making stringent modeling assumptions, and/or through counter- factual decompositions that require several temporal observations. An empirical case shows the flexibility and usefulness of UQR methods. Our application for the case of Argentina shows that education contributed positively to increased inequality in Argentina, mostly due to the effect of strongly heterogeneous effects of education on earnings.
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author Alejo, Javier
Gabrielli, María Florencia
Sosa Escudero, Walter
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Gabrielli, María Florencia
Sosa Escudero, Walter
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title The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach
title_short The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach
title_full The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach
title_fullStr The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach
title_full_unstemmed The distributive effects of education: an unconditional quantile regression approach
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