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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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Reproductive health equity: demystifying unmet need for family planning among young women in Uttar Pradesh

open access: yesContraception and Reproductive Medicine
Background The unmet need for contraception among adolescent women in India is a significant public health concern, contributing to unintended pregnancies and abortions.
Punit Mishra
doaj   +1 more source

DECOMPOSING THE GAP IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN FINLAND AND ROMANIA – SOME METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012
This paper analyzes the advantages and shortcomings of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition. Using PISA data for Finland and Romania, we focus on the drawbacks of the detailed decomposition, when the explanatory variables are categorial. From the best of our
Botezat Alina
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Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China. [PDF]

open access: yes
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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Alternative Measures of Homeownership Gaps Across Segregated Neighboorhoods [PDF]

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The dramatic rise in the U.S. homeownership rate from 64% in 1996 to almost 70% in 2005 has prompted increased attention to the relation between homeownership and demographic characteristics of households.
Anthony Yezer, Paul Carrillo
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Decomposition of non-linear models using simulated residuals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper proposes to decompose non-linear models deduced from a latent regression framework using the latent dependent outcome as dependent variable and the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition technique.
Wolff, François-Charles
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Shadow Employment In Transition - A Matter of Choice or No Choice? [PDF]

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Shadow employment may follow from two main labour market failures. In the first, official market labour taxation distortions make it ineffective for some agents to engage in registered employment due to a tax wedge, which makes the revenues from ...
Joanna Tyrowicz, Stanisław Cichocki
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