A detailed decomposition of synthetic cohort analysis

We present a detailed decomposition method and provide a Stata estimator to assess relative changes between two groups over time in a synthetic cohort analysis. Using the convergence of black–white wage gap between 1960 and 1970 as an example, we show that education accounts for 73% of the value of change in characteristics while experience explains only 3%.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Barr, Tavis ; Lin, Carl
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 127.2015, C, p. 76-80
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition \| Detailed decomposition \| Synthetic cohort \| Wage gap \| Repeated cross sections

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	C20 - Econometric Methods: Single Equation Models. General ; J70 - Discrimination. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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