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Population average gender effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper I develop a consistent estimator of the population average treatment effect (PATE) which is based on a nonstandard version of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition.
Słoczyński, Tymon
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Novel Insights for Successful Microcredit Policies and Gender Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Rural Entrepreneurs in Vietnam and Thailand

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 865-881, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Access to finance is critical for rural non‐farm self‐employment businesses in Southeast Asia, but financial constraints and gender discrimination impede their growth. Existing literature largely overlooks vulnerable groups like rural household businesses.
Chung Thanh Phan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Earning Differentials between Working Groups: An Analysis Based on Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition Approach

open access: yes, 2021
Inequality of earnings between men and women from economic activities is a common phenomenon in the developing countries like Bangladesh. Similarly, wage differential between the government and private (or non-government) employees is also found in these courtiers.
Md. Shamsuddin Sarker, Md. Elias Hossain
openaire   +1 more source

Unpacking the Contribution of Birth Circumstances to Inequality Using a Shapley Decomposition: The Case of Chile

open access: yesReview of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of inherited circumstances in labor market inequality of opportunity in Chile. We estimate their contribution as the change in total inequality after removing their influence. Since this contribution may differ depending on whether it is measured before or after removing the influence of other factors, we use the ...
Carlos Gradín, Gabriela Zapata‐Román
wiley   +1 more source

Insights Into Spatial Orientation and Cognition in Tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) Under Natural Conditions, With Notes on Possible Ontogenetic Niche Shifts

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
Cognitive studies on spiders have largely ignored mygalomorphs, such as tarantulas, and almost completely lack field‐based observations. We present nine observations of arboreal and fossorial New World tarantulas, including a blind cave‐dwelling species, providing evidence for possible experience‐based navigation and spatial learning during foraging ...
Alireza Zamani, Rick C. West
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Changes in Nutritional Policy on the Determinants of Child Stunting: Evidence From the 2010 and 2022 Living Conditions Monitoring Surveys in Zambia

open access: yesFood Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
Using LCMS data (2010, 2022) and Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition, this study shows that child height‐for‐age in Zambia improved (Δ ≈ −0.92 SD) due to both enhanced household conditions and stronger nutritional returns, with distinct rural and urban pathways, highlighting the need for improved sanitation, diet quality protection, and stronger urban ...
Richard Bwalya, Thomson Kalinda
wiley   +1 more source

The Capability to Reduce Inequality via STEM Occupations: The Case of Ecuador

open access: yesPoverty &Public Policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between labor income inequality, higher education, and STEM occupations in Ecuador from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2019, considering techniques, degrees, and postgraduate education. It analyzes the “composition effect” and the “structural effect” using the recentered influence function (RIF).
Susana Herrero Olarte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discrimination in science: Salaries of foreign and U.S. born land‐grant university scientists

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 108, Issue 2, Page 706-736, March 2026.
Abstract The dominance of the US innovation and academic system relies heavily on foreign‐born labor for its success. Recent literature has shown evidence of wage gaps in academia based on gender and race; however, little is known about whether a wage gap might exist for foreign‐born faculty.
Jeremy Foltz, Vikas P. D. Gawai
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal reliability test of nonconsumptive wildlife recreation benefits constructed from choke price data [PDF]

open access: yes
Choke price data from the 2001 and 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR) is used to construct welfare measures for wildlife-watching trips.
Jee W Hwang
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Migrants, Refugees and Employer Discrimination

open access: yesBritish Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 101-113, March 2026.
ABSTRACT We investigate the labour market integration of humanitarian and non‐humanitarian migrants in Australia using longitudinal data from the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) surveys.
Liwen Guo, Massimiliano Tani
wiley   +1 more source

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