Explores the use of Structured Additive Distributional Regression to the analysis of economic inequalityIntroduces both Structured Additive Distributional Regression and inequality analysisOffers new lines of reasoning for a critical reflection on conventional economic theory

Autorentext
Alexander Silbersdorff is a research associate at the Department of Statistics, University of Göttingen, Germany, where he predominantly works on the development and application of regression techniques to economic contexts. Previously, he served at the Department of Economic History at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, where he investigated the development of historical income structures.

Inhalt

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