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Journal of Economic Perspectives

ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)

Semiparametric Censored Regression Models

  • Kenneth Y. Chay
  • James L. Powell
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 15, no. 4, Fall 2001
(pp. 29–42)
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Abstract

When data are censored, ordinary least squares regression can provide biased coefficient estimates. Maximum likelihood approaches to this problem are valid only if the error distribution is correctly specified, which can be problematic in practice. We review several semiparametric estimators for the censored regression model that do not require parameterization of the error distribution. These estimators are used to examine changes in black-white earnings inequality during the 1960s based on censored tax records. The results show that there was significant earnings convergence among black and white men in the American South after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Citation

Chay, Kenneth, Y., and James L. Powell. 2001. "Semiparametric Censored Regression Models." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15 (4): 29–42. DOI: 10.1257/jep.15.4.29

JEL Classification

  • C24 Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Truncated and Censored Models
  • J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
  • J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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