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The quantile decomposition of income distributions of males and females in the USA

Piotr Łukasiewicz 1Krzysztof Karpio 2Arkadiusz J. Orłowski 1Joanna M. Landmesser 2

1. Warsaw University of Life Sciences Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, Warszawa 02-776, Poland
2. Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 166, Warszawa 02-787, Poland

Abstract

In contrast to the majority of studies which investigate the overall influence of various factors onto the descripted variables we go beyond the exploration of such a mean effect. In this study we explore incomes distributions of males and females in the USA using the quantile decomposition method. The analyzed households are characterized by a set of the attributes (education, age, etc.). We evaluate the strength of the influence  of  the attributes onto the various parts of the incomes distributions. In such a way we evaluate income inequalities and their causes in different income groups of households of males and females.

 

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Submitted: 2015-09-15 19:00
Revised:   2015-09-15 19:04