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    Aggregate Earnings Inequality in Europe: Permanent Differences or Transitory Fluctuations?


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    Doris, Aedin, O'Neill, Donal and Sweetman, Olive (2010) Aggregate Earnings Inequality in Europe: Permanent Differences or Transitory Fluctuations? NUI Maynooth. (Unpublished)

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    Abstract

    This paper examines the relationship between aggregate inequality and its underlying components for a number of European countries. We use a well established GMM approach to separate the permanent component from the transitory component of earnings inequality. Our results show that three quarters of the observed cross-country differences in aggregate inequality in Europe is accounted for by differences in permanent inequality, reflecting differences in individual characteristics that persist throughout the life-cycle.
    Item Type: Other
    Keywords: Permanent Inequality; Transitory Inequality; Generalized Method of Moments; Covariance Structure of Earnings;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
    Item ID: 1990
    Identification Number: N211-10
    Depositing User: Ms Sandra Doherty
    Date Deposited: 12 Jun 2012 15:00
    Publisher: NUI Maynooth
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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