An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to a continuum of comparison groups

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 100
Issue: 2
Pages: 292-296

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Abstract

This paper proposes an extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition from two to a continuum of comparison groups. The proposed decomposition is then estimated for racial wage differences in urban Peru, exploiting a novel data set that allows the capturing of different degrees of mestizaje (racial mixtures).

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:2:p:292-296
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-26