Dynamics in transitory and permanent variation of wages in Germany

Michal Myck, Richard Ochmann and Salmai Qari

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 113, issue 2, 143-146

Abstract: We employ covariance structure models to decompose the cross-sectional variance of male wages in Germany into its permanent and transitory parts. We find that the steep growth of cross-sectional inequality during the early 2000s is predominantly driven by transitory factors.

Keywords: Variance decomposition; Wage inequality; Wage dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D31 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.06.014

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