Bayesian Inference for Distributional Changes: The Effect of Western TV on Wage Inequality and Female Participation in Former East Germany
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Bayesian inference Labour market Distributional changes Sample selection Wage inequality C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods/C.C2 - Single Equation Models • Single Variables/C.C2.C24 - Truncated and Censored Models • Switching Regression Models • Threshold Regression Models D - Microeconomics/D.D3 - Distribution/D.D3.D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D - Microeconomics/D.D9 - Intertemporal Choice/D.D9.D91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor/J.J2.J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and StructureSujets proches
Social inequality Social equality Inequality EgalitarianismCiter ce document
Edwin Fourrier-Nicolai et al., « Bayesian Inference for Distributional Changes: The Effect of Western TV on Wage Inequality and Female Participation in Former East Germany », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10670/1.gz2rww
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This paper investigates the evolution of wage formation in a Mincer model with sample selection for which we develop Bayesian inference and growth incidence and poverty growth curves. We estimate the effect of an exogenous exposure to Western TV broadcasts on labour market participation and wage inequality in East Germany after the German reunification. Using the GSOEP, we find evidences that Western television had significantly increased wage inequality among males while it has significantly affected female labour participation and led the less productive females to drop out from the market, hiding thus a large increase in wage inequality among females.