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Decomposition of Changes in Earnings Inequality in China: A Distributional Approach

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Using the nationwide household data, this study examines the changes in the Chinese urban income distributions from 1987 to 1996 and from 1996 to 2004, and investigates the causes of these changes.
Li, Bo, Yu, Qiumei, Chi, Wei
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A counterfactual analysis of the poverty impact of economic growth in Cameroon [PDF]

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The Government of Cameroon has declared poverty reduction through strong and sustainable economic growth the central objective of its socioeconomic policy.
Essama-Nssah, B., Bassole, Leandre
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OAXACA: Stata module to compute the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition

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-oaxaca- computes the so-called Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, which is often used to analyze wage gaps by sex or race. Older versions of this routine are available as -oaxaca9- and -oaxaca8-.Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, outcome differential, wage ...
Ben Jann
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Poverty among minorities in the United States: Explaining the racial poverty gap for Blacks and Latinos [PDF]

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The two largest minorities in the United States, African Americans and people of Hispanic origin, show official poverty rates that are at least twice as high as those among non-Hispanic Whites.
Carlos Gradin
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OAXACA9: Stata module to compute the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition

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-oaxaca9- computes the so-called Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, which is often used to analyze wage gaps by sex or race. A newer version of this routine is available as -oaxaca-.Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, outcome differential, wage ...
Ben Jann
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Matching as a Tool to Decompose Wage Gaps [PDF]

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In this paper I present a methodology that uses matching comparisons to explain gender differences in wages. The approach emphasizes gender differences in the supports of the distributions of observable characteristics and provides useful insights about ...
Hugo Nopo
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