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Voting Up? The Effects of Democracy and Franchise Extension on Human Stature
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2019
between democratic quality and human stature. The results indicate that the transition to democracy increased average male … new instrument for democracy and the extension of the franchise, the effect of decolonisation on democracy in the … colonising country's democratisation to identify the causal effect of democracy on heights. We find robust evidence of a link …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059119
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An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique to logit and probit models
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2006
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, marital status, and geographical differences to racial and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267328
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Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition for Tobit models
Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias - 2005
In this paper, a decomposition method for Tobit-models is derived, which allows the differences in a censored outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences in observed characteristics and a part attributable to differences in the estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267381
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Gender differences in smoking behavior
Bauer, Thomas K.; Göhlmann, Silja; Sinning, Mathias - 2006
This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271874
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Roma women in Athenian firms: Do they face wage bias?
Drydakis, Nick - 2011
In the current study, we analyze the effect of having a Roma background on women's wages. By utilizing the Athens Area Study random sample (2007-08) drawn from 16 multiethnic municipalities in which Roma live, we estimate that 66.1% of the wage differential between Roma and non-Roma female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278461
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Migration policy can boost PISA results: Findings from a natural experiment
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Wolter, Stefan - 2012
Switzerland radically changed its migration policy in the mid-nineties from a non-qualified only policy to one that favors the immigration of highly qualified migrants. To analyze the impact of this change on the schooling outcomes of migrants, this paper compares the PISA (OECD Programme for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286874
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Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior
Bauer, Thomas; Göhlmann, Silja; Sinning, Mathias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233808
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Migration Policy Can Boost PISA Results: Findings from a Natural Experiment
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Wolter, Stefan C - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Switzerland radically changed its migration policy in the mid-nineties from a "non-qualified only" policy to one that favors the immigration of highly qualified migrants. To analyze the impact of this change on the schooling outcomes of migrants, this paper compares the PISA (OECD Programme for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646284
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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to a Continuum of Comparison Groups
Ñopo, Hugo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper proposes an extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition from two to a continuum of comparison groups. The proposed decomposition is then estimated for the case of racial wage differences in urban Peru, exploiting a novel data set that allows the capturing of mestizaje (racial mixtures).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703480
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Roma Women in Athenian Firms: Do They Face Wage Bias?
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In the current study, we analyze the effect of having a Roma background on women's wages. By utilizing the Athens Area Study random sample (2007-08) drawn from 16 multiethnic municipalities in which Roma live, we estimate that 66.1% of the wage differential between Roma and non-Roma female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024585