A General Approach to Effect Decomposition
type="main"> <title type="main">Objective</title> <p>This article illustrates the commonality among the Oaxaca decomposition, mediation analysis, and path analysis used in various social science fields to decompose the effect of a predictor on the outcome into constituent components. </section> <title type="main">Methods</title> <p>A general approach is proposed that extends the Oaxaca decomposition to continuous predictors. It also removes one critical restriction on covariates in mediation analysis. </section> <title type="main">Results</title> <p>An empirical example shows that the effect of fathers’ education on children's years of schooling primarily works through children's early skill development and educational aspirations. </section> <title type="main">Conclusion</title> <p>The proposed approach is easy to implement since it requires only two pieces of information: simple correlations and standardized regression coefficients. </section>
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2014
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Authors: | Hou, Feng |
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Social Science Quarterly. - Southwestern Social Science Association, ISSN 0038-4941. - Vol. 95.2014, 3, p. 894-904
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Southwestern Social Science Association |
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