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Table 3 Decomposition of social groups wage differential: Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition with sample selection

From: Gender and caste-based wage discrimination in India: some recent evidenceGeschlecht und Kaste-ansässige Lohndiskriminierung in Indien: Einige Neue Beweise

Components

Rural

Urban

Prediction (NSC)

1.981

2.695

(0.005)

(0.008)

Prediction (SC/ST)

1.776

2.389

(0.012)

(0.041)

Raw differential

0.205

0.306

(0.013)

(0.042)

Using NSC wage structure:

Explained differential

0.128

0.210

(0.006)

(0.012)

Unexplained differential

0.077

0.096

(0.012)

(0.041)

Proportion of explained differential

0.622

0.686

Proportion of unexplained differential

0.378

0.314

Using SC/ST wage structure:

Explained differential

0.138

0.228

(0.008)

(0.017)

Unexplained differential

0.067

0.078

(0.013)

(0.043)

Proportion of explained differential

0.672

0.746

Proportion of unexplained differential

0.328

0.254

Observations

31709

15081

  1. Notes: ‘NSC’ denotes non-scheduled castes group (other backward classes and others), and ‘SC/ST’ denotes scheduled castes group (scheduled castes and scheduled tribes). Standard errors are in parentheses