A negative value means that the gap would even be wider if the groups
had the same covariate means.
ben
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I am decomposing the male female wage gap using oaxaca command in stata. I got negative value for explained poartion. I am wondering how to interpret the negative value of explained portion.
>
> Thanks.
>
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