Socioeconomic inequality in childhood obesity and its determinants: a Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition
Jornal de Pediatria, 2018 Objective: Childhood obesity has become a priority health concern worldwide. Socioeconomic status is one of its main determinants. This study aimed to assess the socioeconomic inequality of obesity in children and adolescents at national and provincial ...
Roya Kelishadi +10 more
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Pseudo-Panel Decomposition of the Blinder–Oaxaca Gender Wage Gap
EconometricsThis article introduces a novel approach to decomposing the Blinder–Oaxaca gender wage gap using pseudo-panel data. In many developing countries, panel data are not available; however, understanding the evolution of the gender wage gap over time requires
Jhon James Mora, Diana Yaneth Herrera
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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to Non-Linear Models [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 In this paper, a general Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition is derived that can also be applied to non-linear models, which allows the differences in a non-linear outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences
Mathias Sinning, Thomas Bauer
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Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Tobit Models [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 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 ...
Bauer, Thomas K., Sinning, Mathias
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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 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 ...
Robert W. Fairlie
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THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN RURAL-URBAN WAGE GAP FOR ROMANIA: A BLINDER-OAXACA DECOMPOSITION [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2022 Education resides in schooling and training. In addition to knowledge and competences, the first contributes in acquiring a proper thinking and good behaviour.
PETCU IONELA-ROXANA
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Explaining gender inequalities in overweight people: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis in northern Sweden. [PDF]
Int J Equity Health, 2023 Abstract Background Being overweight and obesity are considered serious public health concerns worldwide. At the population level, factors contributing to overweight as well as the differences in overweight between men and women in terms of prevalence or associated factors are relatively well-known. What is less known is
Yusuf FM +2 more
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The effects of prevalence of inequalities in mental disorders between groups using Blinder- Oaxaca decomposition. [PDF]
J Educ Health Promot, 2023 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of inequalities in sociodemographic factors in some mental disorders (MDs) has been shown in previous reports. The aim of this study was to assess the main contributors that affected prevalence of inequalities in MDs between groups.
Veisani Y, Mohamadian F.
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Explaining Economic Growth Gap between OPEC and East Asia: Shapley–Owen–Shorrocks and Oaxaca–Blinder Variance Decomposition Approach [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2021 The purpose of this study is to explain the factors affecting the economic growth gap between OPEC and East Asian countries using the Shapley–Owen–Shorrocks and Oaxaca–Blinder variance decomposition methods over the period 1996-2018.
Fereshteh Mohamadian
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Marginal effects and extending the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition for nonlinear models [PDF]
, 2006 Students of racial and gender inequalities are often interested in knowing to what extent an observed group difference can be attributed to differences in returns to productive abilities (discrimination effect) or to differences in the average of ...
Tamás Bartus
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