Oaxaca-Blinder as a Reweighting Estimator

S-Tier
Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2011
Volume: 101
Issue: 3
Pages: 532-37

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The classic regression based estimator of counterfactual means studied by Ronald Oaxaca (1973) and Alan Blinder (1973) is shown to constitute a propensity score reweighting estimator based upon a linear model for the conditional odds of being treated.

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RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:101:y:2011:i:3:p:532-37
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General
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1
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2026-01-25