Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent employed German men: evidence from a quantile regression decomposition analysis
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Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2007. (Working paper series in economics; No. 55).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent employed German men
T2 - evidence from a quantile regression decomposition analysis
AU - Braakmann, Nils
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 13 - 14
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2005 to study the earnings differential between self- and dependent employed German men. Constructing a counterfactual earnings distribution for the self-employed in dependent employment and using quantile regression decompositions we find that the earnings differential over the distribution cannot be explained by differences in endowments. Furthermore, low-earning self-employed could earn more in dependent employment. Finally, the observed earnings advantage for the self-employed at the top of the earnings distribution is not associated with higher returns to observable variables.
AB - This paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2005 to study the earnings differential between self- and dependent employed German men. Constructing a counterfactual earnings distribution for the self-employed in dependent employment and using quantile regression decompositions we find that the earnings differential over the distribution cannot be explained by differences in endowments. Furthermore, low-earning self-employed could earn more in dependent employment. Finally, the observed earnings advantage for the self-employed at the top of the earnings distribution is not associated with higher returns to observable variables.
KW - Economics, empirical/statistics
KW - Einkommensverteilung
KW - Selbständiger
KW - Lohnstruktur
KW - self-employment
KW - earnings differential
KW - quantile regression decomposition
KW - Machado/Mata decomposition
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Working paper series in economics
BT - Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent employed German men
PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -