Mediation analyses
Six causal-pathway decompositions with bootstrap confidence intervals. From 50 credits.
How much of the immigrant pay penalty is explained by qualifications?
50/75 crDecomposes the income gap between Australian-born and overseas-born workers into direct effect (residual penalty) and indirect effect (operating through qualification differences).
LGA-level minimum · max 3 areas stratified
Where does any income gap between men and women come from: different jobs or different pay?
50/75 crSplits the gender income gap into the part driven by occupational segregation versus within-occupation pay differences.
LGA-level minimum · max 3 areas stratified
Does your degree pay off through better jobs, or better pay in the same jobs?
50/75 crDecomposes the education-income gradient into the share operating through occupational sorting and the share representing within-occupation premia.
LGA-level minimum · max 3 areas stratified
How much of any income gap operates through industry differences?
50/75 crMediation analysis of income disparities running through industry of employment.
LGA-level minimum · max 3 areas stratified
Are immigrants stuck in lower-paid occupations?
50/75 crTests whether the immigrant pay penalty operates primarily through occupational placement rather than within-occupation pay differences.
LGA-level minimum · max 3 areas stratified
Does the lone-parent income gap come from reduced work, or lower pay when working?
50/75 crDecomposes the income gap for lone parents into reduced hours of work and lower pay-per-hour effects.
LGA-level minimum · max 3 areas stratified