Exploiting information from path dependency in Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition procedures

Martin Fournier

Applied Economics Letters, 2005, vol. 12, issue 11, 669-672

Abstract: This article addressed the issue of path dependency in Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition procedures. It shows that obtaining different results from decompositions computed on different base models and population structures should not be considered as a limitation but as valuable information about the underlying discrimination processes. Illustration is provided for the evaluation of racial discrimination in health in South Africa for 1999.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850500191152

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