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Decomposing the gap in childhood undernutrition between poor and non–poor in urban India, 2005–06 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Despite the growing evidence from other developing countries, intra-urban inequality in childhood undernutrition is poorly researched in India. Additionally, the factors contributing to the poor/non-poor gap in childhood undernutrition have not been ...
Kumar, A., Singh, Aditya
core   +4 more sources

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

xtoaxaca - Extending the Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition Approach to Panel Data

open access: yes, 2020
The Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach has been widely used to attribute group-level differences in an outcome to differences in endowment, coefficients, and their interactions. The method has been implemented for Stata in the popular oaxaca program for cross-sectional analyses.
Kröger, Hannes, Hartmann, Jörg
openaire   +3 more sources

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

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

Religious minorities and provision of public goods: Evidence from rural West Bengal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Religious and ethnic minorities across the world face partisan treatment with regard to provision of public goods, either as outcome of discriminatory practices or due to historical antecedents, such as the caste and religious divides in India.
Das, Pranab Kumar   +2 more
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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

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

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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