An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to a Continuum of Comparison Groups

No 2921, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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 the case of racial wage differences in urban Peru, exploiting a novel data set that allows the capturing of mestizaje (racial mixtures).

Keywords: informality; race; Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 J1 J7 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2007-07
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (2), 292-296

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