TY - RPRT AU - Nopo, Hugo R. TI - An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to a Continuum of Comparison Groups PY - 2007/Jul/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 2921 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2921 AB - 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). KW - informality KW - race KW - Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition KW - gender ER -