A Stata implementation of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
The counterfactual decomposition technique popularized by Blinder (1973) and Oaxaca (1973) is widely used to study mean outcome differences between groups. For example, the technique is often used to analyze wage gaps by sex or race. The present paper summarizes the technique and addresses a number of complications such as the identification of effects of categorical predictors in the detailed decomposition or the estimation of standard errors. A new Stata command called -oaxaca- is introduced and examples illustrating its usage are given.
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| Length: | 25 pages |
| Date of creation: | 05 May 2008 |
| Date of revision: | 14 May 2008 |
| Handle: | RePEc:ets:wpaper:5 |
| Contact details of provider: | Web page: http://www.socio.ethz.ch/
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