%0 Report %A Nopo, Hugo R. %T An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to a Continuum of Comparison Groups %D 2007 %8 2007 Jul %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 2921 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2921 %X This paper proposes an extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition from two to a continuum of comparison groups. The proposed decomposition is then estimated for the case of racial wage differences in urban Peru, exploiting a novel data set that allows the capturing of mestizaje (racial mixtures). %K informality %K race %K Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition %K gender