Why Is Poverty So High Among Afro-Brazilians? A Decomposition Analysis of the Racial Poverty Gap This study aimed to identify the major factors underlying the large discrepancy in poverty levels between two Brazilian racial groups: whites and Afro-Brazilians. We performed an Oaxaca-Blinder-type decomposition for nonlinear regressions in order to quantify the extent to which differences in obser...

Using data of the Chinese Household Income Project surveys (CHIP), this study explores determinants gender wage gap by five kinds ownership sectors from 2002 to 2013 in urban China. A decomposition analysis based on Blinder-Oaxaca model is employed. The results show that difference human capital and discrimination against female workers contribute gap; influence unexplained component including ...

We propose a method for reporting how program evaluations reduce gaps between groups, such as the gender or Black-White gap. first show that reduction in disparities groups can be written difference conditional average treatment effects (CATE) each group. Then, using Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder-style decomposition, we highlight these CATE decomposed into unexplained differences other observables ve...

1Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, 07000 México, DF, Mexico 2Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, UNAM, 04510 México, DF, Mexico 3Facultad de Ciencias Quı́micas, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, 68120 Oaxaca, Mexico 4Unidad Monterrey, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, 66600 Monterrey, Mexico 5...

This paper investigates the gender wage gap in Denmark, the Netherlands, France and Spain by boostrapping the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. The boostrap method is used to compute confidence intervals and to perform hypothesis tests for the (disaggregated) explained and unexplained components of the national earnings differentials between men and women. From the subset of paid employees selected...

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty in SC and ST households is much higher than among non-scheduled households. By combining regression estimates for the ratio of per capita expenditure to the poverty line and an Oaxaca-typ...

Labor markets are the most important mediator of German uniication and wages are a central indicator of its progress. Starting from the observation that a wage diierential between two workers can arise either because workers have diierent endowments of human capital characteristics or remuneration to these characteristics diier, we apply an Oaxaca-style decomposition to the post-uniication wave...

This paper empirically investigates the role of culture in explaining frequently reported differences financial literacy between women and men. Using nationally representative survey data from India, we find that are significantly less financially literate than gender gap is not observable, however, when only consider matrilineal states. Moreover, more knowledgeable patriarchal women. Blinder-O...

This paper sets out to analyze gender behavior in the Brazilian labor market as a result of economic effects COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on job destruction and creation during lockdown implementation social distancing throughout 2020. To do so, it uses New General Register Employed Unemployed (NCAGED) applies Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition net male female at municipal level, 18 40 age group. In...

In this paper, we examine if there are gender differences in total bankcard limits by utilizing a data set that links mortgage applicant information with individual-level credit bureau from 2006 to 2016. We document after controlling for score, income, and demographic characteristics, male borrowers on average have higher than female borrowers. Using standard Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder deco...