On wage density comparisons: Bandwidth selectors and test outcomes

College

School of Economics

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Applied Economic Leters

Volume

14

First Page

203

Last Page

208

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

This study compares wage densities for female workers in the Philippines during the 1990s. Using a non-parametric consistent test developed by Li (1996), the study finds that test outcomes from various optimal bandwidth selectors are fairly comparable. On the other hand, the use of standard deviation as a bandwidth parameter appears to introduce misleading inferences concerning equality of densities.

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Disciplines

Labor Economics

Keywords

Wages—Women--Philippines

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