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An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique to logit and probit models [PDF]
, 2006 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 ...
Fairlie, Robert W.
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Contract Labour, Job Quality and Turnover Intention—Evidence From Nigeria
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Labour contracting, where intermediaries provide farmers with migrant workers, plays a central role in meeting the demand for seasonal labour on labour‐intensive farms. Yet this system poses underresearched challenges for both workers and farmers.
Olayinka Aremu +3 more
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Coresidence: How parental characteristics matter
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Coresidence in the parental home is known to depend on young adult characteristics and market conditions, but there is more limited knowledge on whether or how parental characteristics matter. We model the coresidence outcome as a multigenerational joint optimization decision and use Panel Study of Income Dynamics data to examine the ...
Arthur Acolin +2 more
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The German spatial poverty divide: poorly endowed or bad luck? [PDF]
We study inter-temporal changes in poverty for Germany from year 1978 to 2003, and we employ the bootstrap method to test for statistical significance of results. All results are decomposed by household type and region. Poverty estimates are particularly
Bönke, Timm, Schröder, Carsten
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Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study examines how parental housework time and labor market participation during early childhood are associated with adolescents' housework participation. Background Prior research shows that parental time use is associated with adolescents' housework in gendered ways.
Kefan Xue, Boyan Zheng
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Gender pay gaps in Morocco: urban-rural disparities across the wage distribution
Development Studies ResearchGender pay gaps persist as a significant feature of labor markets in developing countries, with disparities varying across the wage distribution and between urban and rural areas.
Fatima Mounir +2 more
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THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN RURAL-URBAN WAGE GAP FOR ROMANIA: A BLINDER-OAXACA DECOMPOSITION [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2022 Education resides in schooling and training. In addition to knowledge and competences, the first contributes in acquiring a proper thinking and good behaviour.
PETCU IONELA-ROXANA
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The Gender Gap in Early-Career Wages of Universities’ and Vocational Education Institutes’ Graduates
Вопросы образования, 2021 Data from the Federal Statistical Sample Survey of Employment of Vocational Education and Higher Education Graduates is used to measure the gender wage gap and analyze the factors explaining gender inequality.
Margarita Kiryushina, Victor Rudakov
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A Semi-Parametric Approach to the Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition With Continuous Group Variable and Self-Selection [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019 This paper presents an extension to the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition with continuous groups using a semiparametric approach known as varying coefficients model. To account for potential self-selection into the continuum of groups, the use of inverse mills ratios is expanded upon following the literature on endogenous selection.
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The Evolving Role of 21st Century Municipal Financial Advisors
Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We describe the evolution of the market for municipal financial advice since the year 2000 and present new empirical facts. Using SEC municipal advisor filings, we show that the number of operating advisors has decreased over time. We document that withdrawals—either exits, reorganizations, or mergers—are concentrated among smaller firms and ...
Daniel G. Garrett, Baridhi Malakar
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