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Gender wage gap by occupational groups in Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the gender wage gap in Poland in different occupational groups. The authors aim to investigate how much of the raw differences in wages can be explained by differences in personal characteristics and in which ...
Konopczak, Karolina   +3 more
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Poverty in Germany: Statistical Inference and Decomposition [PDF]

open access: yes
Based on six harmonized cross-sections of the German Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure, we study inter-temporal changes in poverty from year 1978 to 2003.
Carsten Schröder, Timm Bönke
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Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China. [PDF]

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The rapid and massive increase in rural-to-urban worker flows to the coast of China has drawn recent attention to the welfare of migrants working in urban regions, particularly to their working conditions and pay; serious concern is raised regarding pay ...
Gagnon, Jason   +2 more
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Decomposing Differences in the First Moment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
We propose a simple methodology for decomposing differences in the first moment into characteristics and coefficients effects. This methodology provides a way to apply the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to a non-linear function for both aggregate and ...
Yun, Myeong-Su
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Gender Wage Gap Analysis in Riau Province Using the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Method

open access: yesJournal of Ecohumanism
This study investigates the gender wage gap in Riau Province using the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method to examine its underlying factors. The analysis reveals a significant wage disparity, where women earn, on average, 29.56% less than men, despite higher educational attainment among women. The decomposition results highlight that only 2.44% of the
Yusni Maulida   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

A matching decomposition of the rural-urban difference in malnutrition in Malawi [PDF]

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This paper applies a nonparametric matching method to decompose the rural-urban malnutrition gap in Malawi. The results show that 90 per cent and 89 per cent of the stunting and underweight gaps respectively would be eliminated if there were no urban ...
Mussa, Richard
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Brazilian Female Labor Market: Racial-Skin Color Discrimination

open access: yesEconomia Aplicada, 2015
The myth of racial democracy is still widespread in the Brazilian society, although economic literature has continuously documented pervasive racial discrimination.
Gustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandes
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