The black-white wealth gap is large, and regressions of wealth on income and demographics can explain only a fraction of it. A standard Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition finds that the average black household, with $45,467 in net wealth, would have $67,975 (i.e. 49.5% more) if it were white but other characteristics were unchanged. Many explanations for this gap have been proposed, but few have been...

Although there are a variety of studies on the gender pay gap, only a few relate to managerial positions. The present study attempts to fill this gap. Managers in private companies in Germany are a highly selective group of women and men, who differ only marginally in their human capital endowments. The Oaxaca/Blinder decomposition shows that the gender pay gap in the gross monthly salary can h...

This paper examines health disparities in biomarkers among a representative sample of Indians aged 45 and older, using data from the pilot round of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI). Hemoglobin level, a marker for anemia, is lower for respondents with no schooling (0.7 g/dL less in the adjusted model) compared to those with some formal education. There are also substantial state and ...

Although there are a variety of studies on the gender pay gap, only a few relate to managerial positions. The present study attempts to fill this gap. Managers in private companies in Germany are a highly selective group of women and men, who differ only marginally in their human capital endowments. The Oaxaca/Blinder decomposition shows that the gender pay gap in the gross monthly salary can h...

Utilization rates of non-psychiatric health services are often higher in depressed compared to non-depressed adults. We examine whether these differences can be explained by the increased prevalence or the increased impact of demographic, socioeconomic, geographic, and health-related factors. The sample was taken from The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (Wave 1 Release 2), a p...

In this paper we study two aspects of the decision-making process following the birth of a child: whether or not the mother works, and whether or not the couple provides the child with formal childcare. Focusing on Padova and its district (North-East Italy), we discuss differences in the strategies of Italian and foreign mothers, controlling for socio-economic status, opinions on women's roles,...

Little is known about hospital readmission for patients with diabetes in China. We aimed to assess the temporal pattern, risk factors, and variations of all-cause readmission among hospitalized patients with diabetes in Tianjin, China, from 2008 to 2013.The Tianjin Basic Medical Insurance Register System database was used to identify discharged patients with diabetes from 2008 to 2013. The infl...

Objectives. To examine divergences in the urban/rural disability among older adults in China and decompose these into variation represented by characteristics of individuals and communities and the different ways determinants impact on disability. Methods. Oaxaca-Blinder regression-based decomposition is applied to older adults 60 and older in China using the 20,000 observation sample from the ...

This paper investigated weight misperceptions as determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in body mass index (BMI) among adolescent females using data from the National Survey of Youth 1997. Compared to their white counterparts, higher proportions of black and Hispanic adolescent females underperceived their weight status; that is, they misperceived themselves to have lower weight status compa...