%0 Report %A Bauer, Thomas K. %A Sinning, Mathias %T Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Tobit Models %D 2005 %8 2005 Oct %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 1795 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1795 %X In this paper, a decomposition method for Tobit-models is derived, which allows the differences in a censored outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences in observed characteristics and a part attributable to differences in the estimated coefficients. The method is applied to a decomposition of the gender wage gap using German data. %K Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition %K Tobit model %K wage gap