Decomposing primary and secondary effects: A new decomposition method
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Decomposing primary and secondary effects : A new decomposition method. / Karlson, Kristian Bernt; Holm, Anders.
In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Vol. 29, No. 2, 06.2011, p. 221-237.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Decomposing primary and secondary effects
T2 - A new decomposition method
AU - Karlson, Kristian Bernt
AU - Holm, Anders
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - One strand of educational inequality research aims at decomposing the effect of social class origin on educational choices into primary and secondary effects. We formalize this distinction and present a new and simple method that allows empirical assessment of the relative magnitudes of primary and secondary effects. Contrary to other decomposition methods, this new method is unbiased, is more intuitive, and decomposes effects of both discrete and continuous measures of social origin. The method also provides analytically derived statistical tests and is easily calculated with standard statistical software. We give examples using the Danish Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
AB - One strand of educational inequality research aims at decomposing the effect of social class origin on educational choices into primary and secondary effects. We formalize this distinction and present a new and simple method that allows empirical assessment of the relative magnitudes of primary and secondary effects. Contrary to other decomposition methods, this new method is unbiased, is more intuitive, and decomposes effects of both discrete and continuous measures of social origin. The method also provides analytically derived statistical tests and is easily calculated with standard statistical software. We give examples using the Danish Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
U2 - 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.12.005
DO - 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.12.005
M3 - Journal article
VL - 29
SP - 221
EP - 237
JO - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
JF - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
SN - 0276-5624
IS - 2
ER -
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