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Rate decomposition for aggregate data using Das Gupta’s method

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  • Jinjing Li

    (University of Canberra)

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Social, behavioral, and health scientists frequently decompose changes or differences in outcome variables into components of change and assess their relative importance. Many Stata commands facilitate this exercise using unit- level data, notably by applying the Blinder – Oaxaca approach. However, none of the comparable user-written commands decompose changes or differences in aggregate data despite their availability and the widespread use of corresponding decomposition techniques. In this article, I present the user-written command rdecompose, which decomposes aggregate or cross-classified data based on Das Gupta’s (1993, Standardization and Decomposition of Rates: A User’s Manual, Volume 1) approach, and demonstrate its application in multiple settings. This command extends the original method by allowing multiple factors and flexible functional specifications.

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  • Jinjing Li, 2017. "Rate decomposition for aggregate data using Das Gupta’s method," Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 17(2), pages 490-502, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:17:y:2017:i:2:p:490-502
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