Document Type
Paper Series
Publication Date
2006
No.
170
Abstract
Applying the standard bootstrapping technique with corrections for heteroskedasticity for a sample of the 1997 Urban Household Survey in China, the present paper attempts to test (1) whether the commonly used decomposition methods for gender earnings differentials give significantly different results, and (2) whether the explained component is significantly different from the unexplained component (which is commonly referred to as discrimination) within each decomposition method. Based on a national data set, the empirical results indicated some significant differences in both tests. The implication of the results is that the proposed bootstrapping technique can be regarded as a guideline on applying which approach to decompose gender earnings differentials among different methods without losing important information, and on evaluating the relative importance of the decomposition components for any chosen method.
Recommended Citation
Ma, Y., & Ng, Y. C. (2006). Bootstrapping statistical inferences of decomposition methods for gender earnings differentials (CPPS Working Paper Series No.170). Retrieved from Lingnan University website: http://commons.ln.edu.hk/cppswp/79/
Comments
CPPS Working Paper Series No.170 (Jul 06)