Decomposing Differences in the First Moment

Myeong-Su Yun ()

No 877, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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.

Keywords: coefficients effect; characteristics effect; decomposition analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C20 J70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2003-09
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2004, 82 (2), 275-280

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