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OAXACA: Stata module to compute the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition

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Ben Jann () (ETH Zurich)

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Abstract

-oaxaca- computes the so-called Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, which is often used to analyze wage gaps by sex or race. An older version of this routine is available as -oaxaca8-.

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Software component provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Statistical Software Components with number S456936.

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Programming language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 9.2
Date of creation: 06 May 2008
Date of revision: 14 Jul 2008
Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s456936

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Keywords: Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition outcome differential wage gap

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  1. Eric S. Lin, 2007. "On the standard errors of Oaxaca-type decompositions for inter-industry gender wage differentials," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 10(6), pages 1-11. [Downloadable!]
  2. Cotton, Jeremiah, 1988. "On the Decomposition of Wage Differentials," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 70(2), pages 236-43, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Javier Gardeazabal & Arantza Ugidos, 2004. "More on Identification in Detailed Wage Decompositions," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 86(4), pages 1034-1036, 04. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Jackson, John D & Lindley, James T, 1989. "Measuring the Extent of Wage Discrimination: A Statistical Test and a Caveat," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 515-40, April.
  5. Kennedy, Peter, 1986. "Interpreting Dummy Variables," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 68(1), pages 174-75, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Reimers, Cordelia W, 1983. "Labor Market Discrimination against Hispanic and Black Men," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 65(4), pages 570-79, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Shrestha, Keshab & Sakellariou, Chris, 1996. "Wage Discrimination: A Statistical Test," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 3(10), pages 649-51, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  8. Oaxaca, Ronald L. & Ransom, Michael R., 1994. "On discrimination and the decomposition of wage differentials," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 61(1), pages 5-21, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  9. Shoshana Neuman & Ronald Oaxaca, 2004. "Wage Decompositions with Selectivity-Corrected Wage Equations: A Methodological Note," Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 3-10, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  10. Doris Weichselbaumer & Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, 2003. "A meta-analysis of the international gender wage gap," Economics working papers 2003-11, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. [Downloadable!]
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  11. William C. Horrace & Ronald L. Oaxaca, 2001. "Inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap: An identification problem," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 54(3), pages 611-618, April.
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