A comparison of different estimates of interindustry wage differentials: the case of Brazil

Authors
Arbache, JS
Citation
Js. Arbache, A comparison of different estimates of interindustry wage differentials: the case of Brazil, APPL ECON L, 6(2), 1999, pp. 67-71
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
13504851 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
67 - 71
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-4851(199902)6:2<67:ACODEO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
This paper compares the results from two procedures for estimating wage dif ferentials. Using Brazilian data, the standard procedure of Krueger and Sum mers (Econometrica, 56, 259-193, 1988) is shown to provide an overestimatio n of standard errors and a biased estimation of the measure of wage dispers ion, in comparison to the methodology proposed by Haisken-DeNew and Schmidt .