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BRAZILIAN FEMALE LABOR MARKET: RACIAL-SKIN COLOR DISCRIMINATION AND INEFFICIENCY

open access: yesEconomia Aplicada, 2015
The myth of racial democracy is still widespread in the Brazilian society, although economic literature has continuously documented pervasive racial discrimination.
GUSTAVO ANDREY DE ALMEIDA LOPES FERNANDES
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The Role of Religion in Shaping Perceived Security in Central Asia

open access: yesJournal of Eurasian Studies
This article focuses on people’s perceptions of security in three Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Using the data from WVS (wave 7, 2017–2022), we sought to find how being religious is linked to people’s perceived security ...
Dina Sharipova, Alma Kudebayeva
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The effect of remote work on urban transportation emissions: Evidence from 141 cities

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
The overall impact of working from home (WFH) on transportation emissions remains a complex issue, with significant implications for policymaking. This study matches socioeconomic information from American Community Survey (ACS) to the global carbon ...
Sophia Shen   +3 more
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Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder- Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in ...
Thomas Bauer   +2 more
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The Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition for linear regression models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The counterfactual decomposition technique popularized by Blinder (1973, Journal of Human Resources, 436–455) and Oaxaca (1973, International Economic Review, 693–709) is widely used to study mean outcome differences between groups.
Jann, Ben
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The Effect of Discrimination on Wage Differentials Between Asians and Whites in the United States: An Empirical Approach

open access: yes, 2011
Econometric analysis of person-level data from the American Community Survey collected over a 5-year period from 2005-2009 so as to provide empirical evidence and measurable effect of race discrimination on wage differentials between Asian Americans and ...
Dang, Doug
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The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition in Stata: an update

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In 2008, I published the Stata command -oaxaca-, which implements the popular Oaxaca-Blinder (OB) decomposition technique. This technique is used to analyze differences in outcomes between groups, such as the wage gap by gender or race. Over the years, both the functionality of Stata and the literature on decomposition methods have evolved, so that an ...
openaire   +1 more source

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