A negative value for the explained part simply means that the gap
would *increase* if the two groups had equal X-levels.
ben
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I am decomposing the male female wage gap using oaxaca command in stata. I got negative value for explained poartion. I am wondering how to interpret the negative value of explained portion.
> Thanks.
>
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