Bootstrapping quantile correlations with an application for income status across generations

Robert Paul Hartley, Carlos Lamarche and James Ziliak

Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 228, issue C

Abstract: We investigate statistical inference for a quantile correlation coefficient. We propose a bootstrap approach and demonstrate the validity of the method. To illustrate the approach, we estimate an intergenerational income parameter using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.

Keywords: Quantile correlation; Bootstrap inference; Intergenerational correlation; Income and poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 C21 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111160

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