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32 publications found, searching for 'Fernando Rios-Avila '

• Policy Notes No. 3 March 04, 2015

  A Decade of Declining Wages

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  In a recent policy note (A Decade of Flat Wages?) we examined wage trends since 1994, and found that while wages grew between 1994 and 2002, average real wages stagnated or declined after 2002–03. Our latest study provides a more detailed analysis of wage trends for wage-level, age, and education groups, with emphasis on the […]

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• Policy Notes No. 3 March 04, 2015

  Μια δεκαετία πτωτικής τάσης των μισθών

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  Σε ένα πρόσφατο κείμενο πολιτικής («A Decade of Flat Wages?») εξετάσαμε την εξέλιξη των μισθών από το 1994 και βρήκαμε ότι ενώ οι μισθοί αυξήθηκαν μεταξύ 1994 και 2002, ο μέσος πραγματικός μισθός από το 2002-03 είτε παρέμεινε στάσιμος είτε μειώθηκε. Η παρούσα μελέτη παρέχει μια πιο λεπτομερή ανάλυση της τάσης των μισθών, επικεντρώνοντας την […]

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• Working Paper No. 830 January 22, 2015

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey 2011 and Annual Social Economic Supplement 2011

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper describes the quality of the statistical match between the Current Population Survey (CPS) March 2011 supplement and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) 2011, which are used for the integrated inequality assessment model for the United States. In the first part of this paper, the alignment of the datasets is examined. In the second, […]

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• Policy Notes No. 4 June 04, 2014

  A Decade of Flat Wages?

  Fernando Rios-Avila, and Julie L. Hotchkiss
  Abstract

  In the late 1990s low unemployment rates, increases in the minimum wage, and improvements in labor productivity contributed to a boost in wages, which translated into 12.4 percent cumulative growth in real wages from the late ‘90s until 2002. Real wages then stagnated despite continued growth in labor productivity. This period between 2002 and 2013 […]

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• Policy Notes No. 4 June 04, 2014

  Μια δεκαετία στασιμότητας των μισθών

  Fernando Rios-Avila, and Julie L. Hotchkiss
  Abstract

  Στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1990, τα χαμηλά ποσοστά ανεργίας, οι αυξήσεις του κατώτατου μισθού και οι βελτιώσεις στην παραγωγικότητα της εργασίας συνέβαλαν στην άνοδο των μισθών, που μεταφράστηκε σε μια αθροιστική αύξηση των πραγματικών μισθών της τάξης του 12,4% από τα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1990 μέχρι το 2002. Οι πραγματικοί μισθοί έμειναν στάσιμοι […]

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• Working Paper No. 798 May 01, 2014

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2010, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2010, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2011

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper describes the quality of the statistical matching between the March 2011 supplement to the Current Population Survey and the 2010 American Time Use Survey and Survey of Consumer Finances, which are used as the basis for the 2010 LIMEW estimates for the United States. In the first part of the paper, the alignment […]

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• Working Paper No. 787 January 28, 2014

  Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper analyzes the economic impact of unions on productivity in the manufacturing sector across six Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Panama, and Uruguay. Using an augmented Cobb-Douglas production function, the paper finds that unions have positive, but mostly small, effects on productivity, with the exception of Argentina, with a large negative effect, […]

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• Working Paper No. 782 December 12, 2013

  Feasible Estimation of Linear Models with N-fixed Effects

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  In this paper an alternative approach for the estimation of higher-order linear fixed-effects models is described. The strategy relies on the transformation of the data prior to calculating estimations of the model. While the approach is computationally intensive, the hardware requirements for the estimation process are minimal, allowing for the estimation of models with more […]

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