Analysing Inequalities in Germany A Structured Additive Distributional Regression Approach /

• Main Author: Silbersdorff, Alexander (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Economic theory.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Labor economics.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Labor Economics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Health Economics.

This book seeks new perspectives on the growing inequalities that our societies face, putting forward Structured Additive Distributional Regression as a means of statistical analysis that circumvents the common problem of analytical reduction to simple point estimators. This new approach allows the...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction.- Inequality and Earnings Distributions
• Estimating and Assessing Distributional Regression
• The Distributional Perspective and Labour Markets
• Applications of SADR in Economics
• Conclusion
• Index.