DP5309 Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Tobit Models

Author(s):	Thomas Bauer, Mathias Sinning
Publication Date:	October 2005
Keyword(s):	Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, Tobit model, wage gap
JEL(s):	C24, J31
Programme Areas:	Labour Economics
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In this paper, a decomposition method for Tobit-models is derived, which allows the differences in a censored outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences in observed characteristics and a part attributable to differences in the estimated coefficients. The method is applied to a decomposition of the gender wage gap using German data