Decomposing Wage Distributions Using Recentered Influence Function Regressions

Firpo, Sérgio; Fortin, Nicole M.; Lemieux, Thomas

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“…These studies enable the analysis of the gender pay gap at the mean. Nine use quantile decomposition methods, such as the ones developed in Machado and Mata (2005) and Firpo, Fortin, and Lemieux (2007), that allow for the assessment of variation in the gap across the pay distribution. Two studies use the matching-based decomposition approach developed in Ñopo (2008).…”

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Gender Pay Gaps in the Former Soviet Union: A Review of the Evidence

Khitarishvili

2018

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Gender Pay Gaps in the Former Soviet Union: A Review of the Evidence

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2018

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“…The decomposition we propose follows Firpo et al (2007Firpo et al ( , 2009, which have recently shown that using the properties of Recentered Influence Functions (RIF) one can extend the traditional Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to analyze distributional statistics beyond the mean (e.g., quantiles). Details on the method are found in the Appendix A.3.…”

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“…The interpretation of the estimates γ t can be thought of as the effect of a small change in the distribution of X on q τ , or as linear approximation of the effect of large changes of X on q τ (Firpo et al, 2007).…”

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“…A.3 Using RIF to Decompose Changes in Distributional Statistics beyond the Mean Firpo et al (2007Firpo et al ( , 2009) allow extending the traditional Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to distributional statistics beyond the mean. This is achieved through the use of influence functions (IF).…”

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“…Our analysis starts by distinguishing the contribution of pure composition changes from changes in the structure of pay. Following the work of Firpo et al (2007Firpo et al ( , 2009 we construct counter-factual wage distributions that decompose the observed changes in inequality measures into price and composition effects. The analysis distinguishes between overall inequality and inequality at the bottom and top of the distribution of earnings.…”

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Decomposing Wage Distributions Using Recentered Influence Function Regressions

Cited by 375 publications

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Gender Pay Gaps in the Former Soviet Union: A Review of the Evidence

Gender Pay Gaps in the Former Soviet Union: A Review of the Evidence

Skill Premium, Labor Supply and Changes in the Structure of Wages in Latin America

Sales performance of direct food marketers: African American‐led operations

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