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The role of computer use and English proficiency in gender wage inequality: Taiwanese evidence [PDF]

This paper uses the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition and accounts for potential identification bias in order to shed light on the role of computer use as well as English ability on the gender wage differential in Taiwan.
Hsin-Fan Chen, Long-Hwa Chen
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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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Decomposing the effect of drug benefit program on antihypertensive medication adherence among the elderly in urban China

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2019
Xiaochen Ma1,*, Yuji Zhang2,*, Mei Zhang,2 Xiaoju Li,2 Hongpo Yin,2 Ke Li,3 Mingxia Jing21China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Public Health, Shihezi University ...
Ma X, Zhang Y, Zhang M, Li X, Yin H, Li K, Jing M   +6 more
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Modelling cognitive skills, ability and school quality to explain labour market earnings differentials [PDF]

Attempts to explain wage differences between race groups in South Africa are constrained by the fact that quality of education is known to differ greatly between groups, thus the unexplained portion of the wage gap may be much affected by such ...
Cobus Burger, Servaas van der Berg
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Reproductive health equity: demystifying unmet need for family planning among young women in Uttar Pradesh

Contraception 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
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Determinants of discrimination in access to land ownership in Burkina Faso

Cogent Social Sciences
This 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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Labour Market Racial Discrimination in South Africa Revisited [PDF]

Discrimination is a significant issue in labour market economics across developed as well as developing countries. In this paper, we inquire the actual size of wage discrimination in the Republic of South Africa, accounting for large differences in ...
Joanna Tyrowicz, Maciej Szelewicki
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Examining the decline in modern contraception usage among married women in Bangladesh: Applying Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis.

PLoS ONE
ObjectivesControlling 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, Muhammad Tareq, Md Ismail Hossain   +2 more
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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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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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