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An, Weihua; N. Glynn, Adam – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition (BOD) is a popular method for studying the contributions of explanatory factors to social inequality. The results have often been given causal interpretations. While recent work and this article both show that some types of BOD are equivalent to a counterfactual-based treatment effect/selection bias decomposition,…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Measurement Techniques, Statistical Bias, Guidelines