In this article, I describe a methodology for analyzing the earnings distribution in segmented labor markets. I model earnings inequality as a function of labor market structure, then model change in the distribution of earnings between and within labor markets as a function of aggregate...

In the classic factor-analysis model, the total variance of an item is decomposed into common, specific, and random error components. Since with cross-sectional data it is not possible to estimate the specific variance component, specific and random error variance are summed to the item's...

Trends in time series may produce spurious covariation among variables. Although it is clearly necessary to model such sources of covariation, it is equally necessary to model those processes correctly. This article considers two types of processes that produce trends in time series. Trend...

This study investigates the distribution of income between capital and labor in the printing and publishing industry. The authors first compare a variety of conceptualizations and operational measures of labor's share and then estimate models for the period 1946 - 78 that explain the movements...