Table 25
Dynamic Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions of the change in the age log wage gap

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Dynamic Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions of the change in the age log wage gap
Table summary
This table displays the results of dynamic Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions of the change in the age log wage gap performed over the 1981-to-1998 period. Two samples are examined: men aged 17 to 24 combined with men aged 55 to 64; and women aged 17 to 24 combined with women aged 55 to 64. The row headers describe the portion of the narrowing of the age log wage gap explained by selected worker and job characteristics. The column headers describe the samples considered and, for each sample, whether the explained components are measured in absolute value (number) or in percentage points (percent).
  Men aged 17 to 24 versus men 55 to 64 Women aged 17 to 24 versus women 55 to 64
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
  number percent number percent
1981-to-1998 change in the age log wage gap 0.371 100.0 0.229 100.0
Portion explained by  
Education 0.007 2.0 0.003 1.5
Province -0.002 -0.6 -0.009 -4.0
Union status 0.024 6.5 0.021 9.4
Marital status 0.012 3.4 0.002 0.9
Tenure 0.016 4.4 0.043 19.0
Occupation 0.023 6.3 0.043 18.6
Industry 0.012 3.1 0.047 20.5
Total portion explained 0.093 24.9 0.150 65.7
Portion unexplained 0.278 75.1 0.079 34.3
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on the 1981 Survey of Work History and the 1998 Labour Force Survey.
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