@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp877, author={Yun, Myeong-Su}, title={Decomposing Differences in the First Moment}, year={2003}, month={Sep}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={877}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp877}, abstract={We propose a simple methodology for decomposing differences in the first moment into characteristics and coefficients effects. This methodology provides a way to apply the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to a non-linear function for both aggregate and detailed decompositions.}, keywords={coefficients effect;characteristics effect;decomposition analysis}, }