?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Changes+in+the+distribution+of+male+and+female+wages%0D%0Aaccounting+for+employment+composition+using+bounds&rft.creator=Blundell%2C+R.&rft.creator=Gosling%2C+A.&rft.creator=Ichimura%2C+H.&rft.creator=Meghir%2C+C.&rft.description=This+paper+examines+changes+in+the+distribution+of+wages+using+bounds+to+allow+for+the%0D%0Aimpact+of+non-random+selection+into+work.+We+show+that+worst+case+bounds+can+be+informative.%0D%0AHowever%2C+since+employment+rates+in+the+UK+are+often+low+they+are+not+informative%0D%0Aabout+changes+in+educational+or+gender+wage+differentials.+Thus+we+explore+ways+to+tighten%0D%0Athese+bounds+using+restrictions+motivated+from+economic+theory.+With+these+assumptions%0D%0Awe+find+convincing+evidence+of+an+increase+in+inequality+within+education+groups%2C+changes+in%0D%0Aeducational+differentials+and+increases+in+the+relative+wages+of+women.&rft.publisher=Institute+for+Fiscal+Studies&rft.date=2004-09&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(IFS+Working+Papers++W04%2F25).+Institute+for+Fiscal+Studies%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2004)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F2857%2F1%2F2857.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F2857%2F&rft.rights=open