[R] Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions

[David Winsemius]

On Feb 11, 2010, at 5:50 PM, David Winsemius wrote:

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> On Feb 11, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Christopher wrote:
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>> I'm looking for a routine in R to do Blinder-Oaxaca (and related)
>> decompositions. A very nice one has been written (by Jann) for Stata
>> (and I'm evaluating whether I can switch over to R). I'm having a  
>> hard
>> time finding any reference in R documentation to this pretty
>> ubiquitous tool (in labour economics)  for decomposing differences
>> between two groups into differences in means and differences in
>> coefficients.
>>
>> In general, I find it tough to google on R functions and  
>> capabilities,
>> because putting "R" as a search term is a weak criterion. Any tricks
>> for googling re: R?
>
> Three options to improve your R searching:
>
> rseek.org with your browser
> RSieSearch()  from R and this drops you into your browser
RSiteSearch
> add "r-project" to your search terms
>
> -- 

David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT