Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20112
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 877
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We propose a simple methodology for decomposing differences in the first moment into characteristics and coefficients effects. This methodology provides a way to apply the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to a non-linear function for both aggregate and detailed decompositions.
Subjects: 
decomposition analysis
characteristics effect
coefficients effect
JEL: 
C20
J70
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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