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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Econ Inequal. 2011 Sep;9(3):439–459. doi: 10.1007/s10888-010-9154-z

Table 10.

Steady-State Variance Components Implied by the Estimated Error Components Models

Within Total
Permanent Transitory Rho Permanent Transitory Rho
Age 20
 1969 .061 .118 .34 .088 .118 .43
 1987 .122 .216 .36 .154 .212 .42
Age 30
 1969 .072 .127 .36 .109 .127 .46
 1987 .144 .258 .36 .192 .256 .43

Notes: The permanent variance is the estimated value of Var(μiat) at 1969 and 1987 values. The transitory variance is the estimated value of Var(νiat) at 1969 and 1987 values of the parameters. The model estimates in column (1) of Table 5 and the analogous estimates for total log earnings are used.