Decomposing primary and secondary effects: A new decomposition method

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-237

  Karlson, Kristian Bernt ^a   Holm, Anders ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Logistic; Logit; Primary effects; Secondary effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955972015     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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