Decomposition of Inequality among Groups by Counterfactual Modeling: An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Japan
Decomposition of Inequality among Groups by Counterfactual Modeling: An Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Japan
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通过反事实模型分解群体间不平等：日本性别工资差距分析
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9531.2011.01241.x
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
K. Yamaguchi
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作者：
K. Yamaguchi
本文介绍了一种新方法，将变量含义的群体差异分解为各组和组间组件，相对于中间变量的组类别改变变量之间的关系。除了通过给定干预措施不变的变量以外的变量，尽管机制有很大的差异，但它们作为一个说明性的例子，在日本的小时工资中分析了性别。推导政策含义的新方法。
This paper introduces a new method for decomposing group differences in the mean of a variable into various within-group and between-group components with respect to group categories of intermediary variables. This is accomplished by considering counterfactual outcomes that would be realized by social interventions that change the relationship among variables. Because such a change does not by itself determine the counterfactual outcome, the paper introduces and juxtaposes two different mechanisms—the mechanism of realizing the counterfactual state that deviates least from the existing state, and the mechanism of holding relations among variables other than those that are modified by a given intervention unchanged—and demonstrates that despite the large difference in the mechanisms, they yield highly congruent outcomes. As an illustrative example, the paper analyzes gender inequality in hourly wages in Japan and thereby demonstrates the usefulness of the new method for deriving policy implications.