The Functional Specification of the Wage- Experience Relationship and Male Wage Inequality in the Philippines: A Decomposition Analysis
DLSU Business & Economics Review
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The Functional Specification of the Wage- Experience Relationship and Male Wage Inequality in the Philippines: A Decomposition Analysis
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Creator |
Dacuycuy, Lawrence B; De La Salle University
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Economics
Wages, wage inequality, decomposition analysis |
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Description |
This study analyzed the factors that have contributed to the increase in wage inequality among male workers in the Philippines. Using the Fields (2003) framework as a decomposition platform, the validity of the usual parametric specification of the wage-experience relationship to ascertain the effects of functional misspecification on wage decomposition estimates was investigated. The study found that the quadratic specification of the nonlinear relationship is inadequate, thereby favoring the use of the semiparametric partially linear model, which does not impose any functional assumption on the said relationship. Keywords: Wages, wage inequality, decomposition analysis
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De La Salle University
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Date |
2009-02-03
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Peer-reviewed Article
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application/pdf
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http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/BER/article/view/791
10.3860/ber.v18i2.791 |
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DLSU Business & Economics Review; Vol 18, No 2 (2009); 31-54
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en
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Philippines
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