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标题：Bayesian Quantile Regression: An Application to the Wage Distribution in 1990s Britain
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作者：Keming Yu ; Brunel University ; UK Philippe Van Kerm, CEPS/INSTEAD 等
期刊名称：Sankhya. Series A, mathematical statistics and probability
印刷版ISSN：0976-836X
电子版ISSN：0976-8378
出版年度：2005
卷号：67
期号：02
出版社：Indian Statistical Institute
摘要：This paper illustrates application of Bayesian inference to quantile regression. Bayesian inference regards unknown parameters as random variables, and we describe an MCMC algorithm to estimate the posterior densities of quantile regression parameters. Parameter uncertainty is taken into account without relying on asymptotic approximations. Bayesian inference revealed effective in our application to the wage structure among working males in Britain between 1991 and 2001 using data from the British Household Panel Survey. Looking at different points along the conditional wage distribution uncovered important features of wage returns to education, experience and public sector employment that would be concealed by mean regression.
关键词：Quantile regression, Bayesian inference, wage distribution, MCMC.