Technically, -decompose- and -oaxaca- both work with
-xtreg-. Whether the results make sense or not
depends on your application, I guess.
For example, the assumption is made that the
earnings gap is constant over panels. Thus, this
method could not be used to analyze changes in the
earnings gap.
ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Christer Thrane
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:18 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: decomposing earnings diffferntials witht xtreg, re
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if I can use decomp, decompose or oaxaca to
> decompose
> gender earnings differentials with the -xtreg, re- command.
>
> If not, does anyone have any experience with decomposition
> analyses for
> panel data?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christer
>
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