GeneralOaxaca-package {GeneralOaxaca}

Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Generalized Linear Model

Description

Perform the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition for generalized linear model with bootstrapped standard errors. The twofold and threefold decomposition are given, even the generalized linear model output in each group.

Details

The DESCRIPTION file:

Package:	GeneralOaxaca
Type:	Package
Title:	Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Generalized Linear Model
Version:	1.0
Date:	2015-08-12
Author:	Aurelien Nicosia and Simon Baillargeon-Ladouceur
Maintainer:	Aurelien Nicosia <[e-mail]>
Description:	Perform the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition for generalized linear model with bootstrapped standard errors. The twofold and threefold decomposition are given, even the generalized linear model output in each group.
License:	GPL (>= 2)
Imports:	boot, stats
Suggests:	MASS
Collate:	'statBO.R' 'GeneralOaxaca.R'

Index of help topics:

GeneralOaxaca           General Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
GeneralOaxaca-package   Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Generalized
                        Linear Model
chicago                 Labor market and demographic data for employed
                        Hispanic workers in metropolitan Chicago
statBO                  statBO

Author(s)

Aurelien Nicosia and Simon Baillargeon-Ladouceur

Maintainer: Aurelien Nicosia <[e-mail]>

References

T. Bauer and M. Sinning. An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to nonlinear models (2008). Advances in Statistical Analysis, Springer-Verlag.

Examples

data("chicago")
formula=ln.real.wage~ age + female + LTHS + some.college + college + advanced.degree
BO_A <- GeneralOaxaca(formula,  family= Gamma, data=chicago, groupInd=chicago$foreign.born,B=100)
BO_A$twofold