Ronald Oaxaca
Ronald L. Oaxaca (* 1943 ) is McClelland Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona , Tucson . His research areas include labor economics , applied econometrics, and applied microeconomics .
Oaxaca graduated from California State University in 1965 and received his Ph.D. in 1971. at Princeton University . The topic of his dissertation was income differences between men and women. He became known for his related Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition , which he developed in 1973 in parallel and independently of Alan Blinder . With the method, for example, the gender pay gap can be examined more closely. It is also used in inequality research.
Web links
- Ronald L Oaxaca - Website at the University of Arizona
- Ronald L Oaxaca - Personal homepage
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| SURNAME | Oaxaca, Ronald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oaxaca, Ronald L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British McClelland Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona, Tucson |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |