Identification problem and detailed Oaxaca decomposition: A general solution and inference

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-38

  Yun, Myeong Su ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristics effect; Coefficients effect; Detailed decomposition; Identification; Normalized equation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EQUATION; MODELING; WAVE;

EID: 58149387887     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2008-0296     Document Type: Article

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