In this study we look at distribution of wages to examine the extent and cause of the increasing wage inequality in Mexico over the two decades encompassing 1984 and 2000. To understand the causes of the increase in inequality over time we do a counterfactual analysis. We find that over the last...

A class of local linear kernel density estimators based on weighted least squares kernel estimation is considered within the framework of Aalen’s multiplicative intensity model. This model includes the filtered data model that, in turn, allows for truncation and/or censoring in addition to...

This paper considers a class of semiparametric estimators that take the form of density-weighted averages. These arise naturally in a consideration of semiparametric methods for the estimation of index and sample-selection models involving preliminary kernel density estimates. The question...

The convergence hypothesis has stimulated a heated debate within the growth literature. The present paper compares the two most commonly adopted empirical approaches, the regression approach and the distribution dynamics approach, and argues that the former fails to uncover important features of...