6 papers
A simple distributional difference-in-differences estimator for univariate and bivariate outcomes
Iván Fernández-Val, Jonas Meier, Aico van Vuuren +1
We provide a simple distribution regression estimator for treatment effects in the difference-in-differences (DiD) design. Our procedure is particularly useful when the treatment e…
Conditional Rank-Rank Regression
Victor Chernozhukov, Iván Fernández-Val, Jonas Meier +2
Rank-rank regression is commonly employed in economic research as a way of capturing the relationship between two economic variables. The slope of this regression is the Spearman r…
Marital Sorting, Household Inequality and Selection
Iván Fernández-Val, Aico van Vuuren, Francis Vella
Using CPS data for 1976 to 2025, we explore how wage inequality has evolved for married couples with both spouses working full time full year, and its impact on household income in…
Hours Worked and the U.S. Distribution of Real Annual Earnings 1976-2019
Iván Fernández-Val, Franco Peracchi, Aico van Vuuren +1
We examine the impact of annual hours worked on annual earnings by decomposing changes in the real annual earnings distribution into composition, structural and hours effects. We d…
Selection and the Distribution of Female Hourly Wages in the U.S
Iván Fernández-Val, Franco Peracchi, Aico van Vuuren +1
We analyze the role of selection bias in generating the changes in the observed distribution of female hourly wages in the United States using CPS data for the years 1975 to 2020.…
Nonseparable Sample Selection Models with Censored Selection Rules
Iván Fernández-Val, Aico van Vuuren, Francis Vella
We consider identification and estimation of nonseparable sample selection models with censored selection rules. We employ a control function approach and discuss different objects…