Table 9
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. Two periods are considered: 1981 to 1998; and 1998 to 2011. Two samples are examined: men aged 25 to 34 combined with men aged 45 to 54; and women aged 25 to 34 combined with women aged 45 to 54. The row headers describe the periods considered and, for each period, 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, identify whether the explained components are measured in absolute value (number) or in percentage points (percent).
  Men aged 25 to 34 versus men aged 45 to 54 Women aged 25 to 34 versus women aged 45 to 54
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
  number percent number percent
1981-to-1998 change in the age log wage gap 0.225 100.0 0.169 100.0
Portion explained by  
Education 0.007 3.3 0.009 5.5
Province -0.011 -4.8 -0.009 -5.1
Union status 0.019 8.4 0.022 13.2
Marital status 0.014 6.2 0.000 0.1
Tenure 0.024 10.6 0.041 24.3
Occupation 0.022 9.8 0.011 6.7
Industry 0.021 9.2 0.059 34.9
Total portion explained 0.096 42.7 0.135 79.6
Portion unexplained 0.129 57.3 0.034 20.4
1998-to-2011 change in the age log wage gap -0.080 100.0 -0.032 100.0
Portion explained by  
Education 0.001 -0.9 -0.005 14.7
Province -0.002 2.0 -0.002 6.8
Union status -0.014 16.9 -0.017 52.0
Marital status 0.002 -2.6 0.001 -1.8
Tenure -0.004 5.0 0.005 -15.0
Occupation -0.016 19.8 -0.012 36.2
Industry -0.018 22.7 -0.003 10.2
Total portion explained -0.050 62.9 -0.033 103.0
Portion unexplained -0.030 37.1 0.001 -3.0
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on the 1981 Survey of Work History and the 1998 to 2011 Labour Force Survey.
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