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This paper notes a potential problem in the method of Blinder and Oaxaca the most popular method in the literature for decomposing the mean difference between groups of a given variable into the portion attributable to differences in the distribution of some explanatory variables and differences...
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This paper makes three distinct contributions: it presents a novel modification to an established methodology for assessing inequality using the CPS ASEC data, it illustrates how valuable a multi-metric inequality analysis is by reconciling some open questions regarding the trend in inequality...
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factors in income differences - race and gender - that contribute to income inequality within the population of blacks and … defined by the Gini index varies from 1% to 4% depending on the geographical administrative divisions used. Race tends to … inequality associated with gender exceeds greatly that of race. While gender income inequality falls over time, income inequality …
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race. We then decompose the differences in lifetime earnings using the recentered influence function and show that human …
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Diese Dissertation beinhaltet vier Artikel. Im ersten Artikel werden Daten zu (finanziellem) Vermögen und Einkommen in Österreich anhand einer Faktorzerlegung der Verteilung dieser Indikatoren analysiert. Zu den Ergebnissen zählt die Dokumentation der Unterschiede zwischen Einkommen und...
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This paper presents an extension to the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition with continuous groups using a semiparametric approach known as varying coefficients model. To account for potential self-selection into the continuum of groups, the use of inverse mills ratios is expanded upon following the...
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, grounding their use in socio-economic theory and highlighting the connections between them. In particular, we investigate how …
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