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Table 10 Decomposition of earnings dispersion by skill-gender groups: absolute and relative contributions, 2007

From: Are changes in the dispersion of hours worked a cause of increased earnings inequality?

Group

Country

I y

I w

I h

ρ

RC w

RC h

RC ρ

Low-

USA

0.152

0.127

0.019

0.006

0.837

0.123

0.039

skilled

 

(0.006)

(0.005)

(0.002)

(0.004)

   

males

UK

0.125

0.109

0.024

−0.008

0.869

0.195

−0.064

  

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.004)

(0.008)

   
 

DE

0.138

0.109

0.030

−0.002

0.793

0.218

−0.011

  

(0.008)

(0.005)

(0.002)

(0.003)

   
 

FR

0.072

0.060

0.019

−0.006

0.830

0.260

−0.089

  

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.002)

(0.003)

   

High-

USA

0.187

0.163

0.024

0.001

0.867

0.130

0.003

skilled

 

(0.008)

(0.008)

(0.002)

(0.003)

   

males

UK

0.160

0.127

0.026

0.007

0.792

0.163

0.046

  

(0.015)

(0.012)

(0.004)

(0.007)

   
 

DE

0.104

0.079

0.026

−0.000

0.760

0.245

−0.004

  

(0.008)

(0.006)

(0.003)

(0.006)

   
 

FR

0.121

0.086

0.037

−0.002

0.709

0.303

−0.013

  

(0.008)

(0.005)

(0.003)

(0.006)

   

Low-

USA

0.173

0.116

0.041

0.016

0.670

0.235

0.094

skilled

 

(0.008)

(0.005)

(0.003)

(0.003)

   

females

UK

0.207

0.084

0.088

0.035

0.407

0.426

0.167

  

(0.016)

(0.008)

(0.006)

(0.008)

   
 

DE

0.253

0.112

0.124

0.017

0.442

0.489

0.069

  

(0.008)

(0.007)

(0.006)

(0.008)

   
 

FR

0.107

0.066

0.057

−0.016

0.617

0.530

−0.147

  

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.003)

(0.006)

   

High-

USA

0.215

0.161

0.040

0.014

0.748

0.187

0.065

skilled

 

(0.008)

(0.007)

(0.002)

(0.003)

   

females

UK

0.219

0.118

0.082

0.020

0.538

0.372

0.090

  

(0.015)

(0.008)

(0.007)

(0.008)

   
 

DE

0.196

0.098

0.092

0.006

0.499

0.471

0.031

  

(0.015)

(0.007)

(0.010)

(0.008)

   
 

FR

0.098

0.073

0.046

−0.021

0.746

0.472

−0.218

  

(0.007)

(0.005)

(0.004)

(0.006)