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  2. Dummy variable (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, if we were studying the relationship between biological sex and income, we could use a dummy variable to represent the sex of each individual in the study. The variable could take on a value of 1 for males and 0 for females (or vice versa). In machine learning this is known as one-hot encoding.

  3. Econometrics - Wikipedia

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    Given this kind of data, the estimated coefficient on years of education in the equation above reflects both the effect of education on wages and the effect of other variables on wages, if those other variables were correlated with education. For example, people born in certain places may have higher wages and higher levels of education.

  4. Statistical data type - Wikipedia

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    The data type is a fundamental concept in statistics and controls what sorts of probability distributions can logically be used to describe the variable, the permissible operations on the variable, the type of regression analysis used to predict the variable, etc. The concept of data type is similar to the concept of level of measurement, but ...

  5. Wage growth - Wikipedia

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    This graph demonstrates seasonally Adjusted Average Weekly Wage Growth in the UK, which data obtained data from the Office for National Statistics [14] Like the other advanced countries, the United Kingdom had the record low wage growth of −2.60 per cent in 2009 from the GFC, yet the wage growth has been slowly improving in recent years and ...

  6. Mincer earnings function - Wikipedia

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    The Mincer earnings function is a single-equation model that explains wage income as a function of schooling and experience. It is named after Jacob Mincer. [1] [2] Thomas Lemieux argues it is "one of the most widely used models in empirical economics". The equation has been examined on many datasets.

  7. Real wages - Wikipedia

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    For example, to report on the relative economic successes of two nations, real wage figures are more useful than nominal figures. The importance of considering real wages also appears when looking at the history of a single country. If only nominal wages are considered, the conclusion has to be that people used to be significantly poorer than ...

  8. Univariate (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    Univariate is a term commonly used in statistics to describe a type of data which consists of observations on only a single characteristic or attribute. A simple example of univariate data would be the salaries of workers in industry. [1]

  9. Wage curve - Wikipedia

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    The wage curve [1] is the negative relationship between the levels of unemployment and wages that arises when these variables are expressed in local terms. According to David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald (1994, p. 5), the wage curve summarizes the fact that "A worker who is employed in an area of high unemployment earns less than an identical individual who works in a region with low ...