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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models [PDF]
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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PLoS ONEObjectivesControlling population expansion and reducing unintended pregnancies through the use of modern contraceptives is a cost-effective strategy. In recent years, the rate of modern contraceptive use in Bangladesh has been declining.
Samia Kabir +2 more
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Decomposition of non-linear models using simulated residuals [PDF]
, 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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Determinants of discrimination in access to land ownership in Burkina Faso
Cogent Social SciencesThis article analyzes the determinants of discrimination in access to land ownership in Burkina Faso. It is based on a sample of 2747 farmers from the database of the National Program of Land Management, collected from July to August 2017, and the ...
Tibi Didier Zoungrana, Goni Zougouri
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Rhetoric in Economic Research: The Case of Gender Wage Differentials [PDF]
Scientific rhetoric can have a profound impact on the perception of research; it can also drive and direct further research efforts. What determines whether results are discussed in a neutral or a judgmental way?
Weichselbaumer, Doris +1 more
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Contraception and Reproductive MedicineBackground The unmet need for contraception among adolescent women in India is a significant public health concern, contributing to unintended pregnancies and abortions.
Punit Mishra
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DECOMPOSING THE GAP IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN FINLAND AND ROMANIA – SOME METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS [PDF]
Annals 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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Alternative Measures of Homeownership Gaps Across Segregated Neighboorhoods [PDF]
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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Gender wage gap by occupational groups in Poland [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this paper is to analyse the gender wage gap in Poland in different occupational groups. The authors aim to investigate how much of the raw differences in wages can be explained by differences in personal characteristics and in which ...
Konopczak, Karolina +3 more
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Poverty in Germany: Statistical Inference and Decomposition [PDF]
Based on six harmonized cross-sections of the German Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure, we study inter-temporal changes in poverty from year 1978 to 2003.
Carsten Schröder, Timm Bönke
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