Wage decompositions with selectivity-corrected wage equations: A methodological note

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-10

  Neuman, Shoshana ^a   Oaxaca, Ronald L ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Selectivity bias; Wage decompositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444252006     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEI.0000028395.38694.4b     Document Type: Article

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