Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia

This paper reports estimates of wage equations for groups of Australian workers, using pooled data from the Income Distribution Surveys for 199S and 1996, the first two years for which continuous hours information is available for each individual. The problem of using the wage functions to assign a...

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Main Authors: Harris, Mark, Duncan, Alan, Creedy, John, Scutella, Rosanna
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2000
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81821
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author Harris, Mark
Duncan, Alan
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Scutella, Rosanna
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description This paper reports estimates of wage equations for groups of Australian workers, using pooled data from the Income Distribution Surveys for 199S and 1996, the first two years for which continuous hours information is available for each individual. The problem of using the wage functions to assign a wage rate to non-workers, which is needed in the context of labour supply analysis, is also examined. Special attention is given to the case where the wage equation includes variables that are not available for the unemployed. The use of extraneous information about the occupation and industry characteristics of the unemployed is recommended.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-818212021-01-22T05:42:31Z Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia Harris, Mark Duncan, Alan Creedy, John Scutella, Rosanna This paper reports estimates of wage equations for groups of Australian workers, using pooled data from the Income Distribution Surveys for 199S and 1996, the first two years for which continuous hours information is available for each individual. The problem of using the wage functions to assign a wage rate to non-workers, which is needed in the context of labour supply analysis, is also examined. Special attention is given to the case where the wage equation includes variables that are not available for the unemployed. The use of extraneous information about the occupation and industry characteristics of the unemployed is recommended. 2000 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81821 fulltext
spellingShingle Harris, Mark
Duncan, Alan
Creedy, John
Scutella, Rosanna
Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia
title Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia
title_full Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia
title_fullStr Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia
title_full_unstemmed Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia
title_short Wage Functions for Demographic Groups in Australia
title_sort wage functions for demographic groups in australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81821