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Socioeconomic inequality in hypertension and its determinants in people over 60 years in Fasa, southern Iran: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Tabrizi R   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition for nonlinear regression models

open access: yes
In this article, a general Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition for nonlinear models is derived, which allows the difference in an outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into several components.
Thomas K. Bauer   +2 more
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Increasing Returns to Education and Progress towards a College Degree [PDF]

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Returns to college have increased, but graduation rates have changed relatively little. Modifying a human capital model of college enrollment to endogenize time-to-graduation, we predict that higher returns to education will both speed graduation and ...
Leslie S Stratton, James N. Wetzel
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An examination of labour discrimination in South Africa 2005-2008 : discussion and sensitivity analysis

open access: yes, 2011
Unemployment levels in South Africa are some of the highest in the world. Since the birth of democracy in 1994, the South African government has not only made employment a major focal point, but also the reduction in unemployment inequality. Using probit
Barnett, Luke
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Obstacles to Business, Technology Use, and Firms with Female Principal Owners in Kenya [PDF]

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Data on 778 establishments indicates that firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, generators, and cell-phones to conduct operations when regulations, infrastructure, security, workforce, corruption, and finance pose significant hurdles in ...
Nidhiya Menon
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Behind the North-South divide: A decomposition analysis

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The paper applies modified Oaxaca-type analyses on the eighteen available waves of the British Household Panel Survey to decompose the wage gap among full time employees from either side of the North-South divide and identify its components that can be ...
Vizer, David
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