... An extended Mincer-type wage equation is estimated using ordinary least square regression and unconditional quantile regression. Then, the decomposition of the wage gap between workers with fixed-term and permanent contracts for each quantile is made using the Fortin, Lemieux and Firpo decomposition...

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... apply a semi-parametric method (DiNardo et al., 1996) to decompose the distributional wage gap between immigrants and native-born Australians into composition effect and wage structure effect. The authors further apply the unconditional quantile regression (UQR) method (Firpo et al...

... of approximately 40 per cent. These differences varied across origins and destinations and by gender, but the study did not find clear evidence of double discrimination. Spain Labour market Women Pay Immigrants Common support Quantile regression Immigration Counterfactual decomposition...