Multivariate Decomposition for Hazard Rate Models [PDF]
We develop a regression decomposition technique for hazard rate models, where the difference in observed rates is decomposed into components attributable to group differences in characteristics and group differences in effects.
Yun, Myeong-Su, Powers, Daniel A.
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On the standard errors of Oaxaca-type decompositions for inter-industry gender wage differentials [PDF]
Horrace and Oaxaca (2001) treat the regressors in gender wage gap by industry measures as non-stochastic when computing the corresponding standard errors.
Eric S. Lin
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Differences in waiting times for elective admissions in NSW public hospitals: A decomposition analysis by non-clinical factors. CHERE Working Paper 2010/7 [PDF]
In the Australian public health system, access to elective surgery is rationed through provision of health care services, it is generally assumed that a patient?s waiting time and locations.
Elizabeth Savage +4 more
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Evidence of a Growing Inequality in Work Timing Using a Japanese Time-Use Survey [PDF]
Using data from a Japanese time use survey, we show a noteworthy increase in the share of employees working unusual hours (late night and early morning) over a period of a decade since the mid 1990s. When controlling for changes in hours worked, however,
KURODA Sachiko +1 more
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Sources of Welfare Disparities across and within Regions of Brazil: Evidence from the 2002-03 Household Budget Survey [PDF]
Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in household attributes and returns to those attributes.
Katayama, Roy, Skoufias, Emmanuel
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Frontiers in Public HealthMalnutrition seriously affects children’s health, survival, and future productivity. According to the literature, increasing the supply of health services should help reduce the spread of malnutrition.
Pengdewendé Maurice Sawadogo +2 more
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Accounting for heterogeneity in growth incidence in Cameroon [PDF]
This paper presents counterfactual decompositions based on both the Shapley method and a generalization of the Oaxaca-Blinder approach to identify proximate factors that might explain differences in the distribution of economic welfare in Cameroon in ...
Paul, Saumik +2 more
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Description of counterfactual manner of Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach.
Description of counterfactual manner of Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach.
Katharina E. Blankart (18496092) +1 more
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A counterfactual analysis of the poverty impact of economic growth in Cameroon [PDF]
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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Poverty among minorities in the United States: Explaining the racial poverty gap for Blacks and Latinos [PDF]
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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