Marital Sorting, Household Inequality and Selection

no code implementations • 11 Oct 2023 • Iván Fernández-Val, Aico van Vuuren, Francis Vella

Using CPS data for 1976 to 2022 we explore how wage inequality has evolved for married couples with both spouses working full time full year, and its impact on household income inequality.

Hours Worked and the U.S. Distribution of Real Annual Earnings 1976-2019

no code implementations • 25 Feb 2020 • Iván Fernández-Val, Franco Peracchi, Aico van Vuuren, Francis Vella

We examine the impact of annual hours worked on annual earnings by decomposing changes in the real annual earnings distribution into composition, structural and hours effects.

Selection and the Distribution of Female Hourly Wages in the U.S

no code implementations • 21 Dec 2018 • Iván Fernández-Val, Franco Peracchi, Aico van Vuuren, Francis Vella

Changes in the role of selection only appear at the lower quantiles of the wage distribution.

Selection bias